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home network security w negear router



> They fix firmware quickly?
>
> www.cs.wisc.edu/~plonka/netgear-sntp/
>
> -miah
>
> On Sun, Dec 21, 2003 at 09:16:48PM -0500, Jerry Feldman wrote:
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>> steve at horne.homelinux.net wrote:
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>> > This must be a fairly common setup.  If someone who is running
>> > something similar would describe what they did to secure it, I'd be
>> > grateful.
>> >
>> > Currently on RH 7.3.
>> I think that many subscribers of this list are running with cable modem
>> routers, like the Netgear box. I am running a Linksys BEFW11S4 which has
>> a built in 4 port switch + wireless. I have never had any problem with
>> it or its predecessor the BEFSR41 (wired only). JABR routinely brings
>> his BEFW11S4 to BLU meetings and Installfests. Additionally, several
>> engineers I worked with at Compaq have the same box.
>> I have seen comments on other lists. While these boxes have had some
>> security issues, they tend to be corrected quickly by firmware updates.
>> Unlike true firewalls, these are simply NAT boxes.
>>
>>
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>> Jerry Feldman <gaf at blu.org>
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