[cryptome] Re: Is This a Hoax: Backdoor to Wireless Router
- From: Shaun O'Connor <capricorn8159@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: cryptome@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 04 Jul 2014 22:32:58 +0100
Normal?wtf is that when its about??lol
Each person, each organization, each government, each country has their
own idea of"normal" and what is considered "normal" today might be
considered abnormal tomorrow.
so , yeah normal is just a ward.a collection of symbols if you like(when
written down) which means different things to different people and
changes rather quickly ( a bit like the British weather)
On 04/07/2014 22:24, doug wrote:
> HI Andrew,
> Tx for taking the time to reply. I have a lot to learn on these
> things being a newbie to security and computers and such like. I have
> heard of Wireshark, but did wonder what it was all about, and I did
> visit the website and I did think about downloading it...but then I
> couldn't think of anyone with whom I could exchange information which
> had to be so secure and secret...or even confidential;;but after
> reading n Cryptome at url;
> http://cryptome.org/2014/07/nsa-tor-de.htm
>
> I thought the better of it. Apparently, according to the report...and
> I don't know how "true" it is or how much credibility it has, amongst
> those whom I respect in the security industry. I have looked at
> "Tails" and at "TOR" and am most annoyed to find out that the NSA
> considers me as an "extremist" because i am one of those people who
> would like to protect their privacy. Now, I have never downloaded TOR
> or Tails, because i have yet to find a need for it, but I don't see
> why my curiosity should be rewarded by being considered to be
> extreme. it makes me wonder about the NSA and its philosophy is all
> about, in the sense that does it, as an organisation, and as a group
> of individuals working in concert, consider itself as the "norm"...
> And if it does, hopefully someone can explain to me what this norm
> actually is. Norms and extremities are sociological and statistical
> terms which refer to what kind of behaviour lies inside and outside
> that of which is considered acceptable as the normal. Now, the problem
> for me, is that I have never met a "normal" person in my life, and
> would certainly accept that I do have extremes of behaviour, my little
> obsessions, urges, drives, instincts and learned behaviour, dominate
> my life, of that I have no doubt. And though I consider myself as
> perfectly normal, i do understand that others can see me as perverse
> and extreme...c'est la vie.
> ATB
> Dougie
>
> On 04/07/14 17:02, Andrew Hornback wrote:
>> Doug,
>>
>> Changing/adding a password and changing the name of the network is
>> more than 90+% of the population can be bothered to do these days
>> -which is what makes them so susceptible...
>>
>> NAT and firewall are a good start - I'm somewhat on the paranoid side
>> (being a life-long IT type guy) and I'm aspiring to implement a
>> system similar to the DISA's HBSS (Host Based Security Solution) that
>> gets deployed to all ADP assets in the DoD...
>>
>> The way that my setup works is that the hub (a relatively dumb
>> device, by networking standards) is inserted between the ISP and the
>> router - since the ISP delivers my broadband connection as a pure
>> Ethernet drop, I can use the hub to connect another machine in,
>> before the router level, and "sniff" all of the traffic going back
>> and forth. Using a product like Wireshark (free software, highly
>> recommended, been using it for years), I can look at all of the
>> traffic that's leaving my network as well as what's coming in from
>> the ISP. See where data is coming from, where it's going... full
>> transparency of all of the data going back and forth as well as the
>> content. By dumping all of this over to a second machine that acts
>> as a simple recording and analysis system, I can track hacking
>> attempts, attacks, etc. and report them as needed.
>>
>> --- A
>> "InfoSec - it pays to be paranoid..."
>>
>> On Fri, Jul 4, 2014 at 7:38 AM, doug <douglasrankine2001@xxxxxxxxxxx
>> <mailto:douglasrankine2001@xxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Andrew,
>> Tx for the information...I had a look at the url you provided> I
>> didn't really understand all this techy stuff and it is nice to
>> have it explained in a language I can understand. I have, on a
>> number of occasions looked at my router, but I must say, apart
>> from securing it with a password and changing the name of the
>> network, I am frightened to touch any of the settings in the
>> router in case I screw things up, so I leave it at the default
>> position.
>>
>> I have a wireless router and a home network, and a number of
>> devices such as computers, tablets, mobile phones and a printer
>> and a back up disk which are connected to it on occasion. I
>> understand that the home network and the one connected to the ISP
>> are separated by a NAT or firewall which is supposed to protect
>> my home network from outside intrusion.
>>
>> What would be the benefit of putting in traffic analysis software
>> and what kind of software would you recommend, and where would I
>> put it...in my computer or on the phone line...In this area we
>> have poor broadband width anyway so downloads and uploads are
>> very slow.
>> ATB
>> Dougie.
>>
>>
>> On 03/07/14 19:34, Andrew Hornback wrote:
>>> Ryan,
>>>
>>> Good points, but I think this might explain part of my tactic -
>>> http://www.asante.com/support/routerguide/faqs/hardwared.html
>>>
>>> Understanding the differences between hubs, switches and routers
>>> is paramount to starting to understand TCP/IP...
>>>
>>> --- A
>>
>
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