[Discuss] Router security alert

[Ray L. Bon]

On Tue, 2008-15-01 at 22:42 -0800, Deryk Barker wrote:
> Anyone who has a home router connected to the net should check out
> 
> http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2008/01/15/home_router_insecurity/
> 
> Basically, if you've got UPnP enabled, then *regardless* of browser, 
> router OS and whether you've change dthe router admin password you're 
> vulnerable to a malicious flash site.
> 
> Fortunately my Linksys WRT54GL allows me to disable UPnP and I have done.
> 
> This is potentially a VERY nasty hack.
> 
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i use OpenWRT (white russian rc5) on a linksys wrt54g and as far as i
can tell it does not come with upnp installed (let alone turned on).
there is also no 'one click' option to install it.
as a side note, skype audio works.