dfritz
@ameritech.net | [DSL] was i hacked?
i have dsl here at work with 3 computers and 2 cameras hooked yup to it, and there is 3 extra connections showing as active that are named detective, what would case these connections to be there, and how can i block them? |
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dspalding
join:2003-10-29
Durham, NC | What kind of router, and what kind of security do you have? You don't provide a lot of information to go on.... |
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nonymous
join:2003-09-08
Glendale, AZ
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If you are it is not what you see but what you do not that will get you. If you have used that computer to log into say a secure bank account I would change those passwords from a good clean computer first before doing anything else. Better safe than sorry.
Then yes if a detective connection was not part of say the webcams software you may have been hacked.
If you are using wireless are you using a secure wireless like wpa? If you are accessing the cameras from the internet is that connection secure?
So are these extra connections wireless connections or say internet connections? |
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dfritz
@ameritech.net
| it is a 2wire dsl modem/router, the connections i cant tell if they are wireless or not, under the 2wire setup it shows them as active connections, but doesnt specify how they are connecting, and i have 3 computers connected myseld, and tried narrowing it down by eliminating all but 1 including unplugging the cameras and just having the 1 computer connected and they were still there. as far as the cameras being secure i'm not real sure, but the aren't webcam's they are security cameras to keep an eye on the store when we're not here, which requires a username/password to access them, so i assume its secure, and the security on the wireless is wep as it comes stock from SBC. |
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dspalding
join:2003-10-29
Durham, NC
 ·Dreamhost
| Well, WEP is crackable, as is well documented. Suggest you spend a little time reading this forum's FAQ(s).
Cameras that are networked certainly would have a computername ... maybe, guessing "Detective?" Bear in mind that objects with the same name but access a router with a different network MAC address (say a computer called "bubba" with both Ethernet and Wifi") would get "two connections," that is, two unique DHCP addresses, one each for each network connection. Happens to me on my Linksys WRT54g.
Sounds like you're not being hacked, just don't fully understand how the router is connecting your pcs and cameras. Said Batman, "To the FAQs, Robin!" |
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SpearEm
join:2001-02-12
Saint Louis, MO
 ·AT&T Yahoo
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Last year I experienced the exact same thing (mysterious "detective" connection showed up). I do not have any camera's on my network, but I was using the 2wire 1000HW with WEP enabled. As mentioned WEP is crackable. I changed all my passwords, etc and picked-up a modem/AP that supports WPA. I haven't seen any more "detective" connections. |
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dspalding
join:2003-10-29
Durham, NC
·Dreamhost
| reply to dfritz
Just realized you have a modem-slash-router ... might call your ISP and see if they have people or services that access routers for diagnostic work. Time Warner/RR people can go right to my modem (I can too, 192.168.1.100 on the internal side) to check on status. |
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IllIlIlllIll
EliteData
Premium
join:2003-07-06
Lindenhurst, NY | reply to dfritz
hmm, good idea.
i think ill change my computer name to "detective" in my wardriving vehicle.  |
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