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I knew that localhost could be accessed, but the fact that local IP addresses on the LAN can be accessed is actually quite surprising to me. I suppose it makes
by mdtusz 7y ago
I knew that localhost could be accessed, but the fact that local IP addresses on the LAN can be accessed is actually quite surprising to me. I suppose it makes sense, but it definitely makes me much more concerned with the security of local devices on my home and office networks now.
Are there any best-practices for keeping things locally safe (i.e. LAN devices like printers, testing boxes, tvs etc.) , beyond just treating them the same way you would an external facing machine?
- bdamm 7y agoYes, there are quite a few attacks on default local credentials for home routers because of this. Now if only home routers were better about actually following through on changing credentials..
- outworlder 7y ago> and office networks now Yeah, forget about home, this is a nightmare. Who knows how many devices are in a corporate network. Internal networks are usually not as well protected as the perimeter.
- ithkuil 7y agoAnd yet you'd be surprised how many companies rely on a VPN (basically a glorified office network). Good read: https://cloud.google.com/beyondcorp/ https://cloud.google.com/beyondcorp/