Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2013 13:14:14 -0400 From: Alejandro Imass <aimass@yabarana.com> To: Michael Powell <nightrecon@hotmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Home WiFi Router with pfSense or m0n0wall? Message-ID: <CAHieY7SSbO%2Bwt68PeFLYDzAtqMnR0kJ3UakOjvLkSMzVA31LbA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <kl0qu9$ovo$1@ger.gmane.org> References: <CAHieY7S9b9F1jndpkR2Drw=GCoBxmEWRs6Ot8MRjjQFH=xmHQQ@mail.gmail.com> <kl0qu9$ovo$1@ger.gmane.org>
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On Sun, Apr 21, 2013 at 9:52 AM, Michael Powell <nightrecon@hotmail.com> wrote: > Alejandro Imass wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I'm looking to replace the piece of crap 2wire WiFi router that gets >> crakced every other day for something with pfSense or m0n0wall > > Not sure what you mean by 'cracked' here. If you are meaning that someone is > using aircrack-ng to break your Wifi authentication key a firewall won't do > much to stop this. > I use mac address authentication plus wpa2 psk and yet they are still able to connect so it seems that 2Wire's routers are an insecure piece of crap and they are full of holes and back-doors. Just google 2wire vulnerabilities or take a look at this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTtQGPdSIfM Look at how many ISPs world-wide use 2wire. Makes you wonder if ISPs use these crappy routers on purpose to get some more revenue from cap overruns. Cheers, -- Alejandro Imass
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