ALERT Linksys Router Vulnerability

[magna.vis]

It's now Linksys' turn!
http://www.pcworld.com/article/2098...rability-targeted-by-linksys-router-worm.html

Known vulnerable routers:
E4200, E3200, E3000, E2500, E2100L, E2000, E1550, E1500, E1200, E1000, E900, E300, WAG320N, WAP300N, WAP610N, WES610N, WET610N, WRT610N, WRT600N, WRT400N, WRT320N, WRT160N and WRT150N.

Also, here's a larger article on both Asus and Linksys that's worth a read.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/2097...rking-is-the-vulnerability-story-of-2014.html

This is why I never run the manufacturer's firmware on my devices. TomatoUSB or pfSense FTW. As a point of interest, devices are only vulnerable with Remote Management turned ON. All are turned off by default. There's not much to worry about if you've never enabled it.

 

[visionlogic]

This is why I never run the manufacturer's firmware on my devices. TomatoUSB or pfSense FTW

Agreed. I may not have the latest and greatest, but whatever routers I acquire must be compatible with Tomato. For my uses I've found it to be solid as a rock.

 

[magna.vis]

Me too. Tomato is my favorite these days, and I always check compatibility before buying.

 

[jeff.h]

I've used Tomato in the past on a whole lot of WRT54Gs and thought it would be a no brainer to run it on my Asus RT-N66U but it severely degraded my wifi signal to the point where it was unusable unless I was within 5ft of it. I haven't tried it in the last 6 months though. I wonder if its gotten any better.

 

[magna.vis]

Lots of people are using it on the RT-N66Us these days without issue. Maybe it was a bad flash? I didn't hear of them ever having issues, especially as recent as 6 months ago. It's practically the new flagship Tomato router. If there weren't so many people that were happy with their RT-N16s, it would be the new favorite.