[ale] Check your router and NAS for security problems

[jim.kinney at gmail.com (Jim Kinney)]

It would be an interesting data point to see if the hardware was all the same chip in the impact gear. 

On September 18, 2019 1:01:48 PM EDT, DJ-Pfulio via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:
>Both those makers have excellent support reputations.
>
>And like Charles says, if you swap out the vendor firmware for
>something
>aftermarket and check for updates every month, it is probably fine,
>provided the after market firmware didn't drop support completely for
>your 7 yr old router/NAS.
>
>Of course, if you roll your own NAS/router with a Linux distro that is
>supported, it isn't likely to have these issues, assuming you patch
>weekly and stay on supported releases.
>
>A few of the routers were popular, Asus/Netgear versions, yes?  And for
>the NAS, all the popular "brands" seem to have an issue with one model,
>except one of the 2-disk Synology models.
>
>On 9/18/19 10:56 AM, Derek Atkins wrote:
>> Nothing here on MikroTik or Ubiquiti.
>> -derek
>> 
>> On Wed, September 18, 2019 10:51 am, DJ-Pfulio via Ale wrote:
>>> Researchers uncover 125 vulnerabilities across 13 routers and NAS
>devices
>>>
>>>
>https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2019/09/17/vulnerabilities-iot-devices/
>>>
>>> In nearly all the devices (12 of the 13), ISE achieved its goal of
>>> obtaining remote root-level access. 
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