Factory Settings -- Insecure by Default
April 29, 2006
Opinion by Douglas Schweitzer
APRIL 24, 2006 (COMPUTERWORLD) - So, you just set up a shiny new wireless router at home or at your office. As convenient as it is to have no strings, or at least wires, attached, that new router may have punched a hole in your security schema and set you up for unwanted trouble. The reason you could now be vulnerable is simple: default settings. Remember, manufacturers often turn off security and certain other features by default so that their products will be easier to set up and integrate into a wide variety of networks.
Source: http://www.computerworld.com/
APRIL 24, 2006 (COMPUTERWORLD) - So, you just set up a shiny new wireless router at home or at your office. As convenient as it is to have no strings, or at least wires, attached, that new router may have punched a hole in your security schema and set you up for unwanted trouble. The reason you could now be vulnerable is simple: default settings. Remember, manufacturers often turn off security and certain other features by default so that their products will be easier to set up and integrate into a wide variety of networks.
Source: http://www.computerworld.com/