[Ilugc] Modem updates or Hardening Guidelines
- From: tushar.rishabadas@xxxxxxxxx (Tushar Rishabadas)
- Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2012 12:08:37 +0530
On 13 Jun 2012 10:46, "Balasubramaniam Natarajan" <bala150985 at gmail.com>
wrote:
Hi
I have always wondered that the ubuntu machine which I work with receives
lots of security updates, if so why not the modems which we use as it is
direcly on the line of fire. Are there any tips to harden the Modem which
we get from the local ISP ?
Turn on the hardware firewall if present.
Setup mac security on any multi-access device. Dont let unknown devices
access.
Use any access control list that it is capable of.
As such if one can access your dlink made modem and save to config file,
they can connect to the isp using your credentials easily.
I lost the isp password and my beetel modem was overheating and needed to
be replaced. So I just copied the hashed(?) string from the saved config
from the beetel into the saved config of a new dlink box. Copied the new
config to the dlink box and it worked :-P
-t
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Regards,
Balasubramaniam Natarajan
www.etutorshop.com/moodle/
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