[Sussex] JavaScript is no longer secure: TURN IT OFF NOW!

[Matthew Macdonald-Wallace]

Nicholas Butler wrote:
> So is it not therefore better to
> 
> 1) switch off upnp configuration on all network devices.
> 2) change the default passwords on your router
> 3) err not use linksys ?
Or:

1) Change the firmware to openwrt/hyperwrt
2) subnet your wireless and wired lans and use ENCRYPTED VPN traffic
over the wireless network
3) See Nik's point 2... :)

Matt


> 
> I ran the test proof of concept and it did not discover anything on my
> network. Missing the router/apache webserver and local iis server on my
> XP box.
> 
> 
> 
> Nik
> 
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