Re: recommend hardware firewall

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On Monday 05 April 2010, Michael Miles wrote:
>On 04/04/2010 10:01 PM, Gene Heskett wrote:
>> On Monday 05 April 2010, Michael Miles wrote:
>>> On 04/04/2010 07:41 PM, Gene Heskett wrote:
>>>> On Sunday 04 April 2010, Michael Miles wrote:
>>>>> On 04/04/2010 12:32 PM, Dave Ihnat wrote:
>>>>>> On Sun, Apr 04, 2010 at 03:26:52PM -0400, Bill Davidsen wrote:
>>>>>>> I see no benefit to a hardware router vs. running Linux with the
>>>>>>> firewall configured.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Well, yes, there is.  Two different platforms, different firewalls,
>>>>>> mean that no single attack vector can be used on both of them.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I wouldn't recommend the BEFSR41 line, though.  Get a WRT54G/WRT54GL
>>>>>> and load either Tomato or DD-WRT.  Much more capable than the native
>>>>>> firmware, and free to boot.  (Or to run...joke...)
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> There are good, free, firewall packages you can run on a cheap
>>>>>>> machine.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> That's effectively what you're doing with the free firmware on
>>>>>> commercial firewalls, without the need to maintain another full OS
>>>>>> and usually in a very much smaller physical package.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> $0.02, YMMV, etc.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> 	Dave Ihnat
>>>>>> 	dihnat@xxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>
>>>>> I have found that yes it is quite old
>>>>>
>>>>> I am about to flash the firmware to the latest befsr-v1.46.02_FW_code
>>>>>
>>>>> its a bin file and from what I understand under linux I am to use
>>>>> tftp to do this
>>>>>
>>>>> tftp 192.168.1.1
>>>>> mode binary
>>>>> put CODE.BIN
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I am just trying to figure it out before I go ahead
>>>>>
>>>>> Michael
>>>>
>>>> Please check the serial number and version of your befsr-41 on their
>>>> web site before doing that, I understand that stuffing too new a FW
>>>> into an older one will brick it.  I know of at least 3 versions of it.
>>>
>>> So I should step it up by flashing all sequential updates?
>>
>> I have never done that myself.  But there are warnings, or were, on the
>> linksys download site, saying you can't put a version 3 image in a
>> version 2 unit.  I wasn't trying to scare you, just make sure you did
>> your homework. ;-)  I have one of those units, but it hasn't been
>> plugged in in a couple of years as I switched to DD-WRT on a clapped out
>> k6 box with everything non- essential stripped.  Not even a hard drive
>> or a floppy.  It boots from a cf card on the end of an ide cable.  I
>> used gftp to update mine several times though, it Just Worked(TM).  And
>> so far, no one I didn't give the password to has gotten to it, or any of
>> the machines behind it.
>
>I do have the right version 2 flashfiles
>The current version installed is 2 versions from the most recent
>So I have looked and yes there is a problem
>I flash the next in line then reset router
>Do it again and again until I get to the final firmware
>
>At least then some of the bugs I have been experiencing can get resolved
>
>I know I should get a better router but my $$$ usually goes to other
>computer endeavours like a new nvidia 295 x 2
>I can hardly wait
>
AFAIK, there isn't anything major wrong with the befsr-41 unless it runs out 
of bandwidth on a really fast circuit.  I never had anyone get past it but 
IIRC its length of password is a little short.  Root here has a 20+ 
character password, and I couldn't set one more than 8 chars long in it 
IIRC.

-- 
Cheers, Gene
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