walt <w41...@gmail.com> [15-07-19 04:08]: > On Sat, 18 Jul 2015 05:34:53 +0200 > meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > in order to connect my ASUS Memp Pad 7 ME176CX to the internet I need > > a working WLAN (my DSL router/modem is of the copper area - no > > Wifi/WLAN). The hardware (an USB dongle) is already there...it needs > > "only" be configured and setup. > > > > The problem I (possibly needless) see is: While I am tinkering and > > testing the configuration I may setup an open Wifi access point > > without noticing it in first glance and > > BANG! get hacked ... in the worst case: unrecognized... > > I heard this on a podcast about security from someone (Steve Gibson) > who knows a lot about the subject. He suggested using all those old > home routers (you have sitting around collecting dust) in a new way. > > Apparently we can't trust any individual black-box home router to be > secure any more, but maybe we can combine them to make hackers work > harder: > > The idea is to chain all those home routers in series (instead of using > them as the manufacturers intended) and then, as the last step, to plug > your (new) wireless router into the end of the chain of old routers. > > I have no idea if this idea is good or bad, I'm just passing it along. > > >
Hi all, thank you very much for all tips and trick on this topic. The only router/dsl-modem I own is the own I got from my first DSL provider in times, when the DSL modem/router was not controlled by the provider ;) So the chain has only one link. May be I get my tablet rooted and will able to convince the kernel to accept an USB/Ethernet USB-gadget (or how it is called). Wifi/WLAN is a weird thing. I dont trust it that far, as I trust a good ole cable going from 'A' to 'B'... ;) A little old school, but who cares. Better safe than sorry... Thanks a lot again! Best regards, Meino
