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| Thread ID: 44032 | 2004-04-04 23:43:00 | Security warning for Dynalink RTA modem | Barnabas (4562) | Press F1 |
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| 227195 | 2004-04-04 23:43:00 | Have a read of this article from computerworld if you own a rta020 or rta210 dynalink modem as you've got some updates to do. ComputerWorld (www.computerworld.co.nz) B. |
Barnabas (4562) | ||
| 227196 | 2004-04-05 00:18:00 | well that one very big hole, if you have one of the affected modems then stop reading this and GET THE UPDATE!!! change you ISP password as soon as you have done the update incase the hackers have got your password. below is a link to the patch/update www.dynalink.co.nz |
robsonde (120) | ||
| 227197 | 2004-04-05 01:23:00 | To add to the above. Those with RTA210 modems should update to the latest firmware 1.8.6.7 July 2002 (most should already have this version). Nobody should have Remote Access enabled unless they need to configure the routers from off site which, is virtually never. It is off by default so, if you've been having a fiddle in your router configuration, check that it is not checked in the tick box. Someone would have to get very lucky to get your dynamic WAN IP and your router logon info at the same time, would they not? Cheers Murray P |
Murray P (44) | ||
| 227198 | 2004-04-05 01:24:00 | Glad I had enough sense to get the RTA300. | Orion (5481) | ||
| 227199 | 2004-04-05 05:27:00 | Yeah definitley Murray your right on the money there. I spoke to Ryan on the helpdesk this morning about this and this is what he said. Basically the rta020 came out around 3 years ago. It has had about 4 firmware updates in it's time and only one version had this fault. So the latest firmware will fix the problem. The "problem" with the rta210 is not a problem at all. Remote access I think has been in the models from the rta210 and up (rta220,rta300,rta300w,rtw026). This is off by default and even when it is enabled the hacker needs to know your routers administration password as well as the dynamic ip address you have been assigned. I would however agree that you get your password chnaged at the isp just as a prevention method. |
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