[Novalug] linux issues

William Sutton william@trilug.org
Fri Aug 12 12:08:27 EDT 2016


Derek's response after the link pretty well summed up the problem,

"If an attacker can run code on your router, then your router can
become part of a botnet.  If your router becomes part of a botnet that
DDoS'es a site I like to use, then your crap router is a problem for
me."

William Sutton

On Fri, 12 Aug 2016, Ed James via Novalug wrote:

> Anyone else have a response that actually matched my question?
>
> Regards,
> Ed James
>
> On Fri, Aug 12, 2016 at 11:42 AM, Derek LaHousse <dlahouss@mtu.edu> wrote:
>
>> On Fri, Aug 12, 2016 at 11:32 AM, Ed James via Novalug
>> <novalug@firemountain.net> wrote:
>> > Could you (or anyone else) gimme a link to something that explains
>> exactly
>> > what this security hole is *as it pertains to my router*?
>>
>> Here's a site that catalogs lots of problems with SOHO routers:
>> http://routersecurity.org/bugs.php
>>
>> ​...
>>
>>
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