[ale] OT critical vulnerabilities in ASUS routers

[Ron Frazier (ALE)]

Perhaps, but it's very frustrating to have to replace the firmware on many of the devices I buy because the billion dollar manufacturers can't / won't get it right and keep the device updated.  In this particular case, I bought the router not to hack it, but to route packets.

It's not internet facing and I don't use the usb ports, so I guess I'll deal with it later.

Sincerely,

Ron



Charles Shapiro <hooterpincher at gmail.com> wrote:

>Shrug.  Looks like this applies only to routers with stock Asus
>firmware.
>Load Tomato ( http://www.polarcloud.com/tomato ) and relax.
>
>-- CHS
>
>
>
>On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 9:13 PM, Ron Frazier (ALE) <
>atllinuxenthinfo at techstarship.com> wrote:
>
>> If you have an ASUS router, you need to read this article.  If you're
>> using any usb device attached to the router (certain models), you may
>not
>> want to.  A wan side hacker could gain read AND WRITE access to your
>files.
>>
>> This link was posted on the dc-404 list.
>>
>> http://www.h-online.com/**security/news/item/Critical-**
>>
>vulnerabilities-in-numerous-**ASUS-routers-1918469.html<http://www.h-online.com/security/news/item/Critical-vulnerabilities-in-numerous-ASUS-routers-1918469.html>
>>
>> Sincerely,
>>
>> Ron
>>
>>



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