 DarkLogixTexan and ProudPremium
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kudos:3 | reply to DaveX510
Re: additional ip addresses? Just use a UPnP enabled router
but on the security side test it to make sure that UPnP isn't exposed on the wan side.
then you're good, so long as you don't get a virus that uses UPnP to mess you up.
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Evanston, IL | don't use upnp. in fact, disable it.
»www.inquisitr.com/502276/50-mill···-blamed/ |
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DarkLogixTexan and ProudPremium
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kudos:3
1 edit | Ya my net doesn't even support UPnP, I just know what it can do for xbox360's and I also know what it can do for viruses.
Actually its worse than that.
over 80million have UPnP exposed on the Wan interface, which is something that is not part of the standard.
UPnP was only ever meant to be on the lan. But some lazy programers messed up.
»www.grc.com/securitynow.htm
See 390 and 389
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038xx | reply to FBGuy
Thanks for the links. I didn't bother to lookup the status of my router's UPnP, just disabled it. |
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DarkLogixTexan and ProudPremium
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kudos:3 | said by jap:Thanks for the links. I didn't bother to lookup the status of my router's UPnP, just disabled it.
Well you might THINK you have but testing shows on some routers the "disable UPnP" option doesn't really do anything.
So I'd test it to be sure.
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038xx | said by DarkLogix:testing shows on some routers the "disable UPnP" option doesn't really do anything. What kind of dark logic is that? 
Who are these router makers shipping do-nothing UPnP firmware settings? If true they need to get an earful & be blacklisted. |
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2 edits | !@#$%^&* Nginx Gateway Errors!
Will somebody at DSLR please occasionally feed the hamsters that power this site?
I mean really, do I need to call PETA or ASPCA? |
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said by jap:said by DarkLogix:testing shows on some routers the "disable UPnP" option doesn't really do anything. What kind of dark logic is that? Who are these router makers shipping do-nothing UPnP firmware settings? If true they need to get an earful & be blacklisted. It is SOP; the same kind of logic that created the "Disable WPS" setting that did nothing (and left the router owners open to attack).
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kudos:3 | reply to jap
said by jap:said by DarkLogix:testing shows on some routers the "disable UPnP" option doesn't really do anything. What kind of dark logic is that? Who are these router makers shipping do-nothing UPnP firmware settings? If true they need to get an earful & be blacklisted. If you watch the security now netcast I linked he mentions it.
and as Netfixer said just like the ones with the do nothing disable wps setting
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kudos:3 | reply to NetFixer
said by NetFixer:It is SOP; the same kind of logic that created the "Disable WPS" setting that did nothing (and left the router owners open to attack).
I wouldn't call it standard but lazy programing.
Many UPnP routers shipped with super early upnp code that was never meant to hit retail.
Some routers though do function properly.
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