Re: exploiting printers, home routers & smb routers

From: Peter Gutmann (pgut001at_private)
Date: Thu Aug 22 2002 - 19:51:50 PDT

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    <chrisdat_private> writes:
    
    >I started thinking ..., I'm no hardware expert but couldn't this be modified
    >& applied to all the home & small business routers ??? (linksys, smc, d-link,
    >etc ...)
    
    One thing which has always baffled me is why no trojans have yet appeared
    which telnet to the default gateway from the compromised box, log on using
    default passwords for Cisco, Linksys, Netgear, etc, routers, and disable all
    firewalling.  This would probably get about 95% of all routers [1].
    
    Peter.
    
    [1] OK, that's a random guess, let's say 99% of all SOHO routers and at least
        50% of larger comercial setups.
    



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