Re: Netgear Router owners...

["Dan" <dtoma@xxxxxxx>]

Hi,

There is a new firmware for MR314 too?

Thanks,
Dan

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ian Lowe" <ian@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, August 31, 2003 4:16 AM
Subject: [ukha_d] Netgear Router owners...


> Just a wee public service announcement...
>
> if you own a MR814 router (or a bunch of other models, inclduing
RP614,
> RP614v2, DG814 and HR314 ) you really ought to update your firmware to
the
> latest version. Thanks to a bug in the Netgear firmware, these routers
(as
> many as 220,000 in the field) are carrying out an unwitting DDOS
attack on
> one of the main NTP time servers in the US: at a peak rate of nearly
400Mb
a
> second.
>
> According to the details posted by the Univerity of Wisconsin, the
effect
is
> equivelant to about five or six times the /. effect, constantly!
>
> I.
>
> and yes, that is the time.
> and yes, I am bored out of my box with insomnia tonight.
>
>
>
> ** UKHA2004 BE THERE! ** - start planning now.
>
> http://www.automatedhome.co.uk
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