Post by Christian ThorneUnfortunately though, as people generally have quite a few
Post by Christian Thorneinternet-connected devices in the home these days, both wired and
wireless, it would a hassle to alter them all, assuming of course the
user had the technical knowledge to change their clients' DNS settings
in the first place.
I agree, and in most households even if one person knows what they are
doing the others expect just to be able to use their devices without too
much thought.
Then the sooner they get hacked the better,teach them that you do need
to have a basic understanding of internet and security.
The same type that bleat when they loose data because they have no backups.
They are the bain of my life as I sometimes have to pick up the bits
afterwards,sells firewall though,sorry rant over.
I wonder where TT stand legally on this ?
Post by Christian ThorneI'm not on talk talk, but now I understand the potential vulnerability
of routers I will manually configure DNS on the machine that gets used
for orders and banking etc.
The basic problem is the fact that your network is only one device away
from the internet and if that get compromised ?
I have a hardware router ,then a hardware firewall then my network . The
router can only be managed by the firewalls /32 IP address the firewall
can only be managed from the inside RF1918 address range,not eternally
at all.
I don’t allow telnet to the router at all just ssh2 and block on the
router incoming SSH telnet SSL to the entire network range.
All the above were bought on fleabay for less than £250 second hand
Oh and all my PC's/laptops have their own firewall