What Are You Doing Right Now

dafyre

@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@travisdh1 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

I watch Netflix from a BlueRay player, have the TV, Reciever, and Harmony remotes all hooked up to the network

I'm a bit confused - While I agree that these things might all have security flaws in them, I'm not sure how one would exploit them short of you installing a hacked update, and assuming you're behind a firewall.

As I understand it, the IoT things that are being taken control of either a) are put directly on the internet with no firewall (crazy!) or b) have a port opened on the firewall for remote access/control of those devices and they've been hacked.

As part of b) they could be using UPNP or something to tell the router "Make me available to the world!"

nadnerB

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Dashrender

@dafyre said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@travisdh1 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

I watch Netflix from a BlueRay player, have the TV, Reciever, and Harmony remotes all hooked up to the network

I'm a bit confused - While I agree that these things might all have security flaws in them, I'm not sure how one would exploit them short of you installing a hacked update, and assuming you're behind a firewall.

As I understand it, the IoT things that are being taken control of either a) are put directly on the internet with no firewall (crazy!) or b) have a port opened on the firewall for remote access/control of those devices and they've been hacked.

As part of b) they could be using UPNP or something to tell the router "Make me available to the world!"

Oh yeah - Of course.. duh me.

coliver

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Dashrender

@dafyre said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@travisdh1 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

I watch Netflix from a BlueRay player, have the TV, Reciever, and Harmony remotes all hooked up to the network

I'm a bit confused - While I agree that these things might all have security flaws in them, I'm not sure how one would exploit them short of you installing a hacked update, and assuming you're behind a firewall.

As I understand it, the IoT things that are being taken control of either a) are put directly on the internet with no firewall (crazy!) or b) have a port opened on the firewall for remote access/control of those devices and they've been hacked.

As part of b) they could be using UPNP or something to tell the router "Make me available to the world!"

But I'm guessing that @travisdh1 is probably not using a UPNP enabled router, but then again, maybe he is.

travisdh1

@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@dafyre said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@travisdh1 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

I watch Netflix from a BlueRay player, have the TV, Reciever, and Harmony remotes all hooked up to the network

I'm a bit confused - While I agree that these things might all have security flaws in them, I'm not sure how one would exploit them short of you installing a hacked update, and assuming you're behind a firewall.

As I understand it, the IoT things that are being taken control of either a) are put directly on the internet with no firewall (crazy!) or b) have a port opened on the firewall for remote access/control of those devices and they've been hacked.

As part of b) they could be using UPNP or something to tell the router "Make me available to the world!"

But I'm guessing that @travisdh1 is probably not using a UPNP enabled router, but then again, maybe he is.

Oh, at home, it is enabled. Much as I don't like it, trying to manage all the different ports for all the games we play would take way to much time. Monitoring traffic is easier and takes less time than trying to figure out which ports need opened to which games. (Yeah, my home is much more open to being hacked than any other network I touch. That's one reason I use vultr to host my lab stuff.)

Dashrender

@travisdh1 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@dafyre said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@travisdh1 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

I watch Netflix from a BlueRay player, have the TV, Reciever, and Harmony remotes all hooked up to the network

I'm a bit confused - While I agree that these things might all have security flaws in them, I'm not sure how one would exploit them short of you installing a hacked update, and assuming you're behind a firewall.

As I understand it, the IoT things that are being taken control of either a) are put directly on the internet with no firewall (crazy!) or b) have a port opened on the firewall for remote access/control of those devices and they've been hacked.

As part of b) they could be using UPNP or something to tell the router "Make me available to the world!"

But I'm guessing that @travisdh1 is probably not using a UPNP enabled router, but then again, maybe he is.

Oh, at home, it is enabled. Much as I don't like it, trying to manage all the different ports for all the games we play would take way to much time. Monitoring traffic is easier and takes less time than trying to figure out which ports need opened to which games. (Yeah, my home is much more open to being hacked than any other network I touch. That's one reason I use vultr to host my lab stuff.)

oh - hmm.. interesting. Yeah I turn that shit off and just deal with ports as needed.

Dashrender

@travisdh1 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

Harmony remotes all hooked up to the network

Which Harmony do you have? Mine doesn't connect to the network. I connect it to my computer to update it, and even then I don't think the remote ever talks to the internet.

travisdh1

@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@travisdh1 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

Harmony remotes all hooked up to the network

Which Harmony do you have? Mine doesn't connect to the network. I connect it to my computer to update it, and even then I don't think the remote ever talks to the internet.

I think it's the Home Connect. It's one that lets you control everything with an Android/iOS app. So it really does need to be connected to the local network in order to function. When making changes to setting on it, I generally make the changes on the computer and then push them out with the phone, no having to plug the base unit into the computer that way.

travisdh1

@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@travisdh1 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@dafyre said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@travisdh1 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

I watch Netflix from a BlueRay player, have the TV, Reciever, and Harmony remotes all hooked up to the network

I'm a bit confused - While I agree that these things might all have security flaws in them, I'm not sure how one would exploit them short of you installing a hacked update, and assuming you're behind a firewall.

As I understand it, the IoT things that are being taken control of either a) are put directly on the internet with no firewall (crazy!) or b) have a port opened on the firewall for remote access/control of those devices and they've been hacked.

As part of b) they could be using UPNP or something to tell the router "Make me available to the world!"

But I'm guessing that @travisdh1 is probably not using a UPNP enabled router, but then again, maybe he is.

Oh, at home, it is enabled. Much as I don't like it, trying to manage all the different ports for all the games we play would take way to much time. Monitoring traffic is easier and takes less time than trying to figure out which ports need opened to which games. (Yeah, my home is much more open to being hacked than any other network I touch. That's one reason I use vultr to host my lab stuff.)

oh - hmm.. interesting. Yeah I turn that shit off and just deal with ports as needed.

If you ask me, I highly recommend it be turned off. I keep the 2nd monitor displaying the active connections that the router is making, but most people don't even know how to get that information, let alone figure out when connections to something bad are being made.

Dashrender

@travisdh1 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@travisdh1 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@dafyre said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@travisdh1 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

I watch Netflix from a BlueRay player, have the TV, Reciever, and Harmony remotes all hooked up to the network

I'm a bit confused - While I agree that these things might all have security flaws in them, I'm not sure how one would exploit them short of you installing a hacked update, and assuming you're behind a firewall.

As I understand it, the IoT things that are being taken control of either a) are put directly on the internet with no firewall (crazy!) or b) have a port opened on the firewall for remote access/control of those devices and they've been hacked.

As part of b) they could be using UPNP or something to tell the router "Make me available to the world!"

But I'm guessing that @travisdh1 is probably not using a UPNP enabled router, but then again, maybe he is.

Oh, at home, it is enabled. Much as I don't like it, trying to manage all the different ports for all the games we play would take way to much time. Monitoring traffic is easier and takes less time than trying to figure out which ports need opened to which games. (Yeah, my home is much more open to being hacked than any other network I touch. That's one reason I use vultr to host my lab stuff.)

oh - hmm.. interesting. Yeah I turn that shit off and just deal with ports as needed.

If you ask me, I highly recommend it be turned off. I keep the 2nd monitor displaying the active connections that the router is making, but most people don't even know how to get that information, let alone figure out when connections to something bad are being made.

What router are you using?

dafyre

@travisdh1 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@dafyre said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@travisdh1 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

I watch Netflix from a BlueRay player, have the TV, Reciever, and Harmony remotes all hooked up to the network

I'm a bit confused - While I agree that these things might all have security flaws in them, I'm not sure how one would exploit them short of you installing a hacked update, and assuming you're behind a firewall.

As I understand it, the IoT things that are being taken control of either a) are put directly on the internet with no firewall (crazy!) or b) have a port opened on the firewall for remote access/control of those devices and they've been hacked.

As part of b) they could be using UPNP or something to tell the router "Make me available to the world!"

But I'm guessing that @travisdh1 is probably not using a UPNP enabled router, but then again, maybe he is.

Oh, at home, it is enabled. Much as I don't like it, trying to manage all the different ports for all the games we play would take way to much time. Monitoring traffic is easier and takes less time than trying to figure out which ports need opened to which games. (Yeah, my home is much more open to being hacked than any other network I touch. That's one reason I use vultr to host my lab stuff.)

Generally, I think games work the other way, unless you are hosting them yourself. I don't have any IoT type devices at home, so I'm at the mercy of whatever the default is on my Linksys router... until I get home and see.

gjacobse

Currently searching for a M7 diode Rectifier to replace one that smoked last week... Not sure I'll do SMT,.. if I can find asimilar replacement, I'd go for that.

wondering about if I want to continue on the thought plan of putting in a few IoT devices...

travisdh1

@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@travisdh1 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@travisdh1 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@dafyre said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@travisdh1 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

I watch Netflix from a BlueRay player, have the TV, Reciever, and Harmony remotes all hooked up to the network

I'm a bit confused - While I agree that these things might all have security flaws in them, I'm not sure how one would exploit them short of you installing a hacked update, and assuming you're behind a firewall.

As I understand it, the IoT things that are being taken control of either a) are put directly on the internet with no firewall (crazy!) or b) have a port opened on the firewall for remote access/control of those devices and they've been hacked.

As part of b) they could be using UPNP or something to tell the router "Make me available to the world!"

But I'm guessing that @travisdh1 is probably not using a UPNP enabled router, but then again, maybe he is.

Oh, at home, it is enabled. Much as I don't like it, trying to manage all the different ports for all the games we play would take way to much time. Monitoring traffic is easier and takes less time than trying to figure out which ports need opened to which games. (Yeah, my home is much more open to being hacked than any other network I touch. That's one reason I use vultr to host my lab stuff.)

oh - hmm.. interesting. Yeah I turn that shit off and just deal with ports as needed.

If you ask me, I highly recommend it be turned off. I keep the 2nd monitor displaying the active connections that the router is making, but most people don't even know how to get that information, let alone figure out when connections to something bad are being made.

What router are you using?

Right now, some no-name thing from MicroCenter. The next time I make the trek to Columbus, I plan to get an ER-X and UBNT-AC-LITE for the house.

Dashrender

@travisdh1 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@travisdh1 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@travisdh1 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@dafyre said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@travisdh1 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

I watch Netflix from a BlueRay player, have the TV, Reciever, and Harmony remotes all hooked up to the network

I'm a bit confused - While I agree that these things might all have security flaws in them, I'm not sure how one would exploit them short of you installing a hacked update, and assuming you're behind a firewall.

As I understand it, the IoT things that are being taken control of either a) are put directly on the internet with no firewall (crazy!) or b) have a port opened on the firewall for remote access/control of those devices and they've been hacked.

As part of b) they could be using UPNP or something to tell the router "Make me available to the world!"

But I'm guessing that @travisdh1 is probably not using a UPNP enabled router, but then again, maybe he is.

Oh, at home, it is enabled. Much as I don't like it, trying to manage all the different ports for all the games we play would take way to much time. Monitoring traffic is easier and takes less time than trying to figure out which ports need opened to which games. (Yeah, my home is much more open to being hacked than any other network I touch. That's one reason I use vultr to host my lab stuff.)

oh - hmm.. interesting. Yeah I turn that shit off and just deal with ports as needed.

If you ask me, I highly recommend it be turned off. I keep the 2nd monitor displaying the active connections that the router is making, but most people don't even know how to get that information, let alone figure out when connections to something bad are being made.

What router are you using?

Right now, some no-name thing from MicroCenter. The next time I make the trek to Columbus, I plan to get an ER-X and UBNT-AC-LITE for the house.

What does going to Columbus have to do with it? Are there resellers there who sell them? I just order mine through Amazon, with Prime, no shipping costs.

travisdh1

@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@travisdh1 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@travisdh1 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@travisdh1 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@dafyre said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@travisdh1 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

I watch Netflix from a BlueRay player, have the TV, Reciever, and Harmony remotes all hooked up to the network

I'm a bit confused - While I agree that these things might all have security flaws in them, I'm not sure how one would exploit them short of you installing a hacked update, and assuming you're behind a firewall.

As I understand it, the IoT things that are being taken control of either a) are put directly on the internet with no firewall (crazy!) or b) have a port opened on the firewall for remote access/control of those devices and they've been hacked.

As part of b) they could be using UPNP or something to tell the router "Make me available to the world!"

But I'm guessing that @travisdh1 is probably not using a UPNP enabled router, but then again, maybe he is.

Oh, at home, it is enabled. Much as I don't like it, trying to manage all the different ports for all the games we play would take way to much time. Monitoring traffic is easier and takes less time than trying to figure out which ports need opened to which games. (Yeah, my home is much more open to being hacked than any other network I touch. That's one reason I use vultr to host my lab stuff.)

oh - hmm.. interesting. Yeah I turn that shit off and just deal with ports as needed.

If you ask me, I highly recommend it be turned off. I keep the 2nd monitor displaying the active connections that the router is making, but most people don't even know how to get that information, let alone figure out when connections to something bad are being made.

What router are you using?

Right now, some no-name thing from MicroCenter. The next time I make the trek to Columbus, I plan to get an ER-X and UBNT-AC-LITE for the house.

What does going to Columbus have to do with it? Are there resellers there who sell them? I just order mine through Amazon, with Prime, no shipping costs.

MicroCenter stocks them now, and some friends want to head down. I figure the current setup will limp along until we can make the little trip together.