Re: Port scan attack

Len Lawrence <lcl-s9phx+4gxdMG2Il/[email protected]> Wed, 03 Feb 2010 07:55:47 +0000
Newsgroups gmane.linux.mandrake.newbie
Message-ID <[email protected]>
rikona wrote:
> On Tuesday, February 2, 2010, 5:19:25 PM, Roland Hughes wrote:
>
> RH> Did you put in a "REAL GOOD" admin password? A lot of people know
> RH> the defaults and can own your router. I used a linksys years ago
> RH> and put in a 30 character password, even then I was nervous.
>
> Might also want to disable remote admin if that option is possible,
> and you don't need to do it.
>
Another good tip.  I have now enabled administration from workstation only.

One thing that is odd about this router is that it cannot be managed 
properly from Mozilla Firefox but Konqueror allows full interaction.

Len


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