Router insecurity

jumpy · 01-15-08, 03:08 PM

Great, just what I need.
Though I do use FireFox with NoScript running constantly - even Subsim.com only has scripts 'partially allowed... google-analitics.com and googlesyndication.com and quantserve.com are forbidden in my settings.
Just about everywhere else is blocked too... all of the crap on youtube, plus other flash media and advertising and other embedded links. At least that's how I think it works.

I seem to remember having to check to see if UPnP was enabled on my router fairly recently. Some gaming thing I believe.

Jimbuna · 01-15-08, 03:16 PM

Thanks for the heads up

Ducimus · 01-15-08, 03:16 PM

Glad im one of those assinie people who run a firewall behind the router. :rotfl:

STEED · 01-15-08, 06:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ducimus

Glad im one of those assinie people who run a firewall behind the router. :rotfl:

Make that two.

jumpy · 01-15-08, 07:31 PM

correction... 3

SUBMAN1 · 01-15-08, 08:01 PM

A firewall won't do you a whole lot of good in this scenario since uPnP is allowed to punch holes and open up ports in it if you allow it to operate properly.

Sorry for the bad news.

-S

PS. This is why professional firewalls like Monowall will not even allow uPnP and they have no plans to support it.

Ducimus · 01-15-08, 08:12 PM

I also do not use IE.

IE, is like fitting a submarine with a screen door.

edit:

BTW, ive always loved this site:
http://www.grc.com/default.htm

SUBMAN1 · 01-15-08, 08:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ducimus

I also do not use IE.

IE, is like fitting a submarine with a screen door.

edit:

BTW, ive always loved this site:
http://www.grc.com/default.htm

Firefox is also vulnerable if you do not manually upgrade its flash to the latest version.

-S

01-15-08, 03:08 PM	#1
jumpy Admiral Join Date: May 2003 Location: Midlands, UK Posts: 2,139 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	Great, just what I need. Though I do use FireFox with NoScript running constantly - even Subsim.com only has scripts 'partially allowed... google-analitics.com and googlesyndication.com and quantserve.com are forbidden in my settings. Just about everywhere else is blocked too... all of the crap on youtube, plus other flash media and advertising and other embedded links. At least that's how I think it works. I seem to remember having to check to see if UPnP was enabled on my router fairly recently. Some gaming thing I believe. __________________ when you’ve been so long in the desert, any water, no matter how brackish, looks like life

01-15-08, 03:16 PM	#2
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,561 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Thanks for the heads up __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

01-15-08, 07:31 PM	#5
jumpy Admiral Join Date: May 2003 Location: Midlands, UK Posts: 2,139 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	correction... 3 __________________ when you’ve been so long in the desert, any water, no matter how brackish, looks like life

01-15-08, 08:01 PM	#6
SUBMAN1 Rear Admiral Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 11,866 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	A firewall won't do you a whole lot of good in this scenario since uPnP is allowed to punch holes and open up ports in it if you allow it to operate properly. Sorry for the bad news. -S PS. This is why professional firewalls like Monowall will not even allow uPnP and they have no plans to support it. __________________

01-15-08, 03:16 PM	#3
Ducimus Rear Admiral Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 12,987 Downloads: 67 Uploads: 2	Glad im one of those assinie people who run a firewall behind the router. :rotfl:

01-15-08, 08:12 PM	#7
Ducimus Rear Admiral Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 12,987 Downloads: 67 Uploads: 2	I also do not use IE. IE, is like fitting a submarine with a screen door. edit: BTW, ive always loved this site: http://www.grc.com/default.htm