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TP-LINK Loses Control of Two Device Configuration Domains (helpnetsecurity.com)

Posted by msmash on from the security-woes dept.

Reader Orome1 writes: Security researcher Amitay Dan warns that tplinklogin.net, a domain through which TP-LINK router owners can configure their devices, is no longer owned by the company, and that this fact could be misused by malware peddlers. TP-LINK has confirmed that they no longer own the domain in question, and will not be trying to buy it from the unknown seller for now. Instead, they intend to change the domain in the manuals to a newer one that's already in use.ComputerWorld has more details.

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  1. Re:Who gives a shit? by Dunbal · · Score: 5, Informative

    I use TP-LINK network bridges. There are other people in the world besides yourself.

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    Seven puppies were harmed during the making of this post.
  2. Summary makes it sound worse than it is by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    The CW article says the router intercepts that domain name and redirects to an internally hosted web page.

  3. Re:Who gives a shit? by __aaclcg7560 · · Score: 4, Funny

    There are other people in the world besides yourself.

    You mean out in the big blue room with the bright light? This is Slashdot. We don't mention those people.

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  4. Re:Who gives a shit? by bws111 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The router resolves that domain to the 192.168 address of the router. It has nothing to do with 'the evilz CLOUD'. Only on /. does idiocy like this get modded 'insightful'.