[wsfii-discuss] Re: Researchers have found a new way for attackers to change critical settings on home routers.

Wed Feb 28 22:53:37 UTC 2007

Right, and since when can javascript connect back to any host but the 
one it came from?

P

wsfii at absorb.it wrote:
> So, the only interesting but not really descibed fact in this article is
> that the attack on your router might come from the inside, from your
> Local Area Network, your Home Computer while looking on a webpage with
> malicious code. While theoretical possible, I don't have the feeling
> that this is the more critical attack-vector compared to an direct
> attack on the router from the internet...
> 
> Nice regards, and, dont forget to change your router-password at least
> to your best-friends name ;)
> Rene