Re: Viruses

Bryan Olson wrote:
Floyd Davidson wrote:
Bryan Olson <fakeaddress@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Floyd Davidson wrote:

Go buy yourself a Linksys firewall/router (get a used one on
eBay for $25) Plug it in. Go through the configuration with

And be sure to keep up with the firmware revisions. They have
a history of exploitable bugs, like so many others.


True, there are half a dozen that have been found. Compare that
the the thousands for a Windows system.

How many in the firewall part?

Most appeared to be in the web stuff that implements the admin
interface. A bunch of bonehead buffer overflows and input
validation goofs that let the attacker own the box and configure
it however he wants. Nothing in Linux itself or in iptables.
It was all problems with what would be called the "application
software" on a regular computer.

Google for "linksys exploits". The first page of hits has a
nice independent summary of all the known problems with firmware
version numbers.

Paul Allen
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