I wonder if this is related? +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Netgear's Amusing "fix" for WG602v1 Backdoor � � � � � � � � � � � | | � from the get-your-giggle-on dept. � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � �| | � posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday June 08, @10:38 (security) � � � � | | � http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/06/08/1319206 � � � � � � �| +--------------------------------------------------------------------+
An anonymous reader writes "Recently [0]Slashdot reported that the Netgear router has as WLAN backdoor. According to this report by the news service of the German publisher Heise Netgear "fixed" the problem with a firmware update. And what is the fix? According to Heise, they didn't remove the backdoor at all. Instead they just [1]changed the login information! They replaced the old user name 'super' with 'superman', and changed the old password to '21241036'. " Discuss this story at: � � http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=04/06/08/1319206 Links: � � 0. http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/06/05/1250244&tid=193 � � 1. http://www.heise.de/security/news/meldung/48005 On June 11, 2004 10:02 am, Roy Souther wrote: > I have a cheap NetGear DSL firewall NAT switch at home. It is no very > good but I don't have any thing fancy going so it does what I need. I > have looked for newer firmware for my model of NetGear but I already > have the newest firmware for my system. > > While trying to tweak my NFS shares I found that there are hundreds of > samba log files from IP's outside of my firewall. These look like a > virus is trying to see if I have Win32 systems on my LAN to infect. > > I don't follow the Win32 viruses. What virus could this be? Is there any > danger to Samba system? I shut my home Samba down, don't need it there. > > Is anyone else having problems with Win32 viruses that just walk right > through their firewalls? > > Are there DSL firewall boxes that are better then this NetGear junk? > > My smoothwall at work seems to be blocking the virus. > > I have a copy of the Knoppix STD, I am thinking I should try it and see > what is happening. > > Roy Souther > www.SiliconTao.com > > Changing the way people do business. _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca
