Sap2543 wrote:"Linksys will post a wonderful fix" - wonderful would be sooner than at least 3 months - like how about tomorrow or by Friday?
If linksys doesn't like the posts then delete them but folks are not happy with the timetable. A friend of mine bought a linksys router the other day. I asked him which one and looked it up and sure enough, it has WPS and the 8 digit pin on the bottom. I asked him if he knew it could be hacked with Reaver and I told him the soonest it could be patched was in April. He was not too happy about that and said he would not have purchased the router if he had known. Of course, Cisco doesn't want to tell anybody so consumers can make the right decision. What about a consumer notice about it Cisco or better yet a recall from the stores until they are patched? OK, I'm stuck with this router with a hole but selling them and not telling folks about the WPS vulnerability is just no good.
And finally, "the fix will be good and all will be right with the world once again"? Maybe you haven't been keeping scored but the hackers and crooks are having a field day out in the real world. I know you mean well but every level of computer security is very serious business.
Yeah...that post was in very poor taste sarcasm since my previous post and a couple others' posts magically vanished!
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