Re: [gentoo-user] Re: In the fear of getting hacked (WLAN setup)

[Meino.Cramer@gmx.de]

walt <w41ter@gmail.com> [15-07-19 04:08]:
> On Sat, 18 Jul 2015 05:34:53 +0200
> Meino.Cramer@gmx.de wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > in order to connect my ASUS Memp Pad 7 ME176CX to the internet I need
> > a working WLAN (my DSL router/modem is of the copper area - no
> > Wifi/WLAN). The hardware (an USB dongle) is already there...it needs
> > "only" be configured and setup.
> > 
> > The problem I (possibly needless) see is: While I am tinkering and
> > testing the configuration I may setup an open Wifi access point
> > without noticing it in first glance and
> > BANG! get hacked ... in the worst case: unrecognized...
> 
> I heard this on a podcast about security from someone (Steve Gibson)
> who knows a lot about the subject.  He suggested using all those old
> home routers (you have sitting around collecting dust) in a new way.
> 
> Apparently we can't trust any individual black-box home router to be
> secure any more, but maybe we can combine them to make hackers work
> harder:
> 
> The idea is to chain all those home routers in series (instead of using
> them as the manufacturers intended) and then, as the last step, to plug
> your (new) wireless router into the end of the chain of old routers.
> 
> I have no idea if this idea is good or bad, I'm just passing it along.
> 
> 
> 


Hi all,

thank you very much for all tips and trick on this topic. The only
router/dsl-modem I own is the own I got from my first DSL provider 
in times, when the DSL modem/router was not controlled by the
provider ;)
So the chain has only one link.

May be I get my tablet rooted and will able to convince the kernel
to accept an USB/Ethernet USB-gadget (or how it is called). Wifi/WLAN
is a weird thing. I dont trust it that far, as I trust a good ole
cable going from 'A' to 'B'... ;)

A little old school, but who cares. Better safe than sorry...

Thanks a lot again!
Best regards,
Meino