[XCSSA] Help I'm under attack!

[xcssa@xcssa.org]

Ah, thought I'd pull a future post, into the present.
Doesn't apply just to firmware, unfortunately,
http://tech.netscape.com/story/2006/10/30/dan-kaminskys-ssl-hell/

> Thanks Tom,
>
>       I had the router flashed and the passwords/addresses changed outa
> the box. It's some of the more esoteric (at least to me) settings that I did
> not know about and/or understand. Like the Ping and UPNP settings that I
> didn't know were there. Also all the open ports for games, video
> conferencing and stuff that I don't do or use. Firewall settings were a
> mystery. Lucky the router had a couple pre-configured. In any case I don't
> think I was ever totally unsecure...just not as secure as I could have been
> for awhile and probably not as secure as I need to be now. BTW Their are at
> least two unsecure wireless access points around my home, some of them still
> have the SSID as the brand of router!!
>
> Thanks-) Gene "The Vigilant"