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cerdan

join:2008-01-02
reply to docrice
Re: Maximum security for Linksys WRT54GL wireless router?

Noob question...

What does changing your IP space do in terms of security?

docrice

join:2008-03-31
Fremont, CA

Realistically, not much. A security-through-obscurity posture by making the available IP space / range a bit less predictable. Practically, it may confuse script kiddies, but only at first. Then again, some automated attacks out there assume one uses the default IP space that's configured on most home routers. These would be one of the following:

192.168.0.0 /24
192.168.1.0 /24.

Constraining it to, say, a 192.168.55.0 /29 space might confuse beginner hackers who try to give themselves an IP like 192.168.55.10 and not have it work.
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