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I don't get it: how does the attacker initiate contact with a 192.168.0.0/16 address? Is part of the installation instructions "On your WAN router, DNAT your e
by thyrsus 10y ago
I don't get it: how does the attacker initiate contact with a 192.168.0.0/16 address? Is part of the installation instructions "On your WAN router, DNAT your external address and a port to your internal address and telnet port."?
- fuzzy2 10y agoNo, but that’s what a novice would do to access the camera remotely.
- gvb 10y agoYes, except it is all automated by UPNP https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2013/01/29/what-if-your-security-camera-were-an-insecurity-camera/ https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2013/01/29/what-if-your-sec... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Plug_and_Play#Problems_with_UPnP https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Plug_and_Play#Proble...
- thyrsus 10y agoThank you. Now I know that the first thing to do with any router I have is to disable Internet Gateway Device Protocol.
- theandrewbailey 10y agoSort of. Do you know what uPNP is? It allows a device to automatically do exactly that. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Plug_and_Play https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Plug_and_Play