Ray Hyder wrote:

>Mike O'Connor wrote:
>  
>
>>Hi All,
>>
>>C|Net item on newsletter today [Friday - AU].
>>
>>How Linksys routers can leave you exposed 
>>
>>Linksys router/firewalls--old and new--have 
>>suffered a variety of Universal Plug-n-Play problems, port 
>>vulnerabilities and reliability issues. Apparently, a 
>>combination of engineering difficulties and design decisions 
>>are leaving Linksys customers exposed to potential security 
>>problems, including that new looming threat to all Internet 
>>users--the mini Distributed Denial of Service attack. 
>>http://ct.com.com/click?q=12-ja1KIl~Qir9~cDc7Uo7Mb~qkqdRR
>>
>Hi Mike!  I read the article.  While I can't refute the authors 
>experience with his specific model (BEFSX41) of Linksys router, since I 
>don't have one, I can say that my experience is different than his with 
>the Linksys router that I have.
>
>I have a Linksys wrt54g wireless router/4 port switch.  It passes ALL of 
>the "shields up!" tests with flying colors.  All ports are in stealth 
>mode and I have never had a single entry in my incoming log. I have 
>tested before, during, and after running things like AIM, IRC, etc. and 
>can't find anything but stealthed ports.  I don't run VPN so I can't 
>test with it running.
>
>I can't reach the same general conclusion, as you, that Linksys 
>customers are exposed to security problems. I'm far from an expert on 
>this subject but I have a healthy concern for inet security particularly 
>since I'm on a  fixed ip address and always interested in finding 
>potential holes. - ray
>

Hi Alan/Ray,
Apologies, I didn't actually read that page, I just passed the 
newsletter *precis* on *verbatim*.  I don't have a router just ISDN 
dialup - and using NAT on Injoy - I always get "stealth" on every port 
without one from Steve's site.  I had noticed many recommendations for 
Linksys routers on the various lists, so thought this might be something 
new and of interest. Usually I read the pages I refer to first, but was 
busy at the time with sorting out someone else's disks, & just swapped 
my normal disk back in to do a quick mailcheck, then logged out again.

-- 
Regards,
Mike

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