The limitation goes back to the time when routers cost upwards of $200 and
hardly anyone had one. Things are getting better now for some manufacturers
but still not all.
I'm more concerned these days about malware that attacks routers and the
inability to find out if your current one is vulner
You may want to spend more than $35 on a router. ;-)
Bob S
On Jan 3, 2017, at 14:54 , J. Landman Gay
mailto:jac...@hyperactivesw.com>> wrote:
On 1/3/17 3:42 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote:
My favorite example is wifi routers. They ship with a default password
and login published in the manual, and
On 1/3/17 3:42 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote:
My favorite example is wifi routers. They ship with a default password
and login published in the manual, and more than 75% are never changed.
And almost all the routers I've had over the years won't even *let* you
change the login name. It's always "a
Bob Sneidar wrote:
> And redundant backups are just one more vector to your data.
Indeed it is. The old adage "physical access = root" still applies.
I have a friend I met through my local Linux user group who does
security audits. One of the most common sets of problems he finds isn't
with
Hi Bob,
That is both a great and terrible story!
One really can’t make this type of
story up either because it’s too bizarre.
Sorry to hear that it was a true one for you!
Thanks for sharing...
Rick
> On Jan 3, 2017, at 4:16 PM, Bob Sneidar wrote:
>
> And redundant backups are just one more v
Rick Harrison wrote:
> Hi Richard,
>
> Remember that if just one bit/blob on your encrypted hard
> drive becomes unreadable, then you could lose
> everything on that drive. That makes redundant
> backups over time even more important!
That was why I've been putting it off for so long. But so f
And redundant backups are just one more vector to your data. Really, security
has to be balanced with usability. Absolute security is to never write, type,
speak or otherwise store any information you want to protect, or which might
give clues to any information you want to protect. This is of
Hi Richard,
Remember that if just one bit/blob on your encrypted hard
drive becomes unreadable, then you could lose
everything on that drive. That makes redundant
backups over time even more important!
Have a great secure NewYear!
Rick
>
> This year I want to take this further. I just turned
