Chris Ahlstrom <ahlstromc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> After takin' a swig o' grog, Terry Porter belched out
> this bit o' wisdom:
>
>> Hadron wrote:
>>
>>> Terry Porter <linux-2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>>>
>>>> I've made up probably 30 WRT54GL's with OpenWRT for WiFi clients over the
>>>> last 3 years.
>>>
>>> That would explain a lot.
>>>
>>> From the OpenWRT web page:
>>>
>>> http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/03/23/2257252
>>>
>>> ,----
>>> | OpenWRT/DD-WRT devices all appear to be vulnerable.
>>> `----
>>>
>>> Terry "Telnet" Porter strikes again ....
>>
>> Thanks for the laugh dimwit.
>
> I'm having trouble distinguishing Hadron from DFS on this one. Why?
>
> Because, like DFS, Hadron only posts the half of the story that fits his
> anti-OSS agenda. He left this out:
>
>
> Just a little clarification regarding the article [1] recently posted on
> /. about a stealth router-based botnet [2]:
>
> - OpenWrt blocks any open port from the WAN side by default ;
> - OpenWrt does not provide a "default" password ;
> - Any device with weak passwords that can run the binary is vulnerable ;
> - As far as we know, there is no core vulnerability in OpenWrt requiring
> a security fix.
>
> If you opened SSH on the WAN port, ensure you use a strong password for
> your "root" account, or disable password authentication and rely on key
> based authentication.
>
> Yours truly,
> --
> The OpenWrt team
>
> Oh dear! Hadron told a "porkie". Of course, if I followed Tim
> Smith's advice, I'd let it lay, so Hadron's silly little FUD would go
> uncontested.
>
I've been using wrt54gls with linux for a couple of years. They're
great little boxes:
root@wrt54gl1:~# uptime
07:02:38 up 4 days, 7:02, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00
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