Re: router question...

[Mike Sweeney <mikesweeney () packetattack com>]

On Jan 23, 2006, at 12:02 PM, Yousef Syed wrote:

> Personally, I've had anumber of problems with common-off-the-shelf
> Routers/firewalls.
> > From wireless encryption no longer working after updating the  
> > firmware
> (Belkin 54g) to Passwords refusing to be set (Dlink MIMO Wireless
> Router).
>
> <sigh> Smoothwall never gave me any such problems...
> They may not be as "userfriendly" or easy to use, but atleast
> Smoothwall style firewalls actually work. I keep Smoothwall as the
> outside gateway, simply because I no longer trust these COTS
> routers/firewalls.

The most successfull home user router/firewall so far has been  
m0n0wall built on a WISP platform. Bullet proof, never dies, serves  
DHCP just fine across multiple platforms and just plain works. Total  
cost was about two hundred dollars (US) which was the WISP board and  
case. Very small footprint. Smaller than a PIX 501.

MikeS


> ys
>
> On 21/01/06, Dave <dlaud.flux () gmail com> wrote:
> > I had an odd experience yesterday and was wandering if anyone  
> > could help
> > shed some light on it...
> >
> > I run a webserver that I keep behind a router/firewall. The router  
> > is a
> > standard store bought Linksys BEFSX41. The firewalls NAT feature is
> > disabled so someone on the local LAN can access the server via it's
> > Internet  domain name. The routers 'remote administration' feature is
> > disabled so no one outside the LAN can log into the config page.
> >
> > The problem: Yesterday a couple of the websites being hosted on the
> > server were basiclly unavailable. At first we were thinking DoS of  
> > some
> > sort but no evidence in the servers logs to support this as far as I
> > know. At any rate, when I would try to access the problem page I was
> > greeted with the router log in prompt! I (using a local machine) log
> > into the router to verify that the 'remote administration' option is
> > dissabled...it was. So why when I tried to access the troubled  
> > website
> > via domain name (www.troubled_site.com) I was greeted with my routers
> > log in prompt?
> >
> > The routers firmware is up to date...I call linksys and asked if they
> > knew what it could be. they did not know. I looked for and asked if
> > anyone knew of any exploit code that could do this to this  
> > router...no
> > luck (doesnt mean it doesnt exist). So why was my router (for a short
> > time only) prompting website visitors with it's log in prompt?
> >
> > Any ideas / comments appreciated.
> >
> > dave
> >
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