wired/wireless security

[Chris Gehlker]

On Jun 6, 2009, at 8:08 AM, Jim March wrote:

>> One comment and one question:
>> Comment:        Unless you get the malware off every computer on  
>> your LAN
>> before you reset your router the malware will just rejigger the  
>> router.
>
> Not if you change the admin password this time around, and do the
> router config from a Linux box (or Mac).

This approach may fail if you have Windows machines on your LAN that  
are running when you hit the reset button. Reset will reset the  
password and GLOB may mess with the DNS addresses before you can even  
get a browser up to reset the password.


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