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Netgear Routers DoS UWisc Time Server

Posted by michael on from the RISKs-fodder dept.

numatrix writes "For the last few months, hundreds of thousands of netgear routers being sold had hardcoded values in their firmware for ntp synchronization, causing a major denial of service to the University of Wisconsin's network before it was filtered and eventually tracked down. Highlights how not to code embedded devices." A really excellent write-up of the incident.

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  1. That reminds me.... by renehollan · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I had gotten permission to sync my Linux boxen at home from a particular NTP server. I have since moved, and have not yet configured a closer server, sepite once again being online 24/7. The poor admin of my time source is probably wondering about the strange IP address requesting time. Gotta fix that.

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  2. Re:So who got fired? by El_Ge_Ex · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    So who got fired?

    The SCO rep. :)

    No reason, they just didn't like him.

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  3. They sure have a lot of bandwidth... by twoslice · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I bet it would make for a super fast NTP server...

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