From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Apr 22 17:20:53 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DAE8AAF8 for ; Mon, 22 Apr 2013 17:20:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from aimass@yabarana.com) Received: from mail-da0-x22d.google.com (mail-da0-x22d.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:400e:c00::22d]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B8D6617BA for ; Mon, 22 Apr 2013 17:20:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-da0-f45.google.com with SMTP id v40so3227432dad.32 for ; Mon, 22 Apr 2013 10:20:53 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:x-received:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id :subject:from:to:cc:content-type:x-gm-message-state; bh=ZwSyEcFXTatDAQndtM7HBohp22tDo8uU+HXUFLJPjWE=; b=eTM2jURA8z/8qApq9lZkX/EY17CuTV1fDmnsr2rBfVqSa+SosT91Av9fclIjso+eNe Hs89Soz5Tw1ujN9wbkSgZ1zaYn67MLWWMmbnoOqWrSeJCEhUbR86RIMbzwtp7iAmi0Ug yO2moFImXEKY2H41U09FBQgKFTVOhd3ZnejFm3ACdq7/RFJJAbfeKFaHWNWsaLE8Ou0Q gaeJbF7VVV6pRmd+bs/2hdkTahnw59Gb+IJntHOGgC1DrHEwrxHjJgxsJeyybtyDuMeH C4iYMe+2uD8COwLAPSY7vgzPRkP/VEKj/FVZ3MEtc9wrBFm7ZkpnOCDKob9B8Ut6Qvrw VmGA== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.66.26.143 with SMTP id l15mr9725373pag.207.1366650854930; Mon, 22 Apr 2013 10:14:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.66.235.3 with HTTP; Mon, 22 Apr 2013 10:14:14 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2013 13:14:14 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Home WiFi Router with pfSense or m0n0wall? From: Alejandro Imass To: Michael Powell Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQk41KdZ+t95aTdvdo9Ug15Y/mAFg1bpQChzxnEo915+Gz6yvovftEjTJDY5Vv8rfCOo5CXo Cc: FreeBSD Questions X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2013 17:20:53 -0000 On Sun, Apr 21, 2013 at 9:52 AM, Michael Powell wrote: > Alejandro Imass wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I'm looking to replace the piece of crap 2wire WiFi router that gets >> crakced every other day for something with pfSense or m0n0wall > > Not sure what you mean by 'cracked' here. If you are meaning that someone is > using aircrack-ng to break your Wifi authentication key a firewall won't do > much to stop this. > I use mac address authentication plus wpa2 psk and yet they are still able to connect so it seems that 2Wire's routers are an insecure piece of crap and they are full of holes and back-doors. Just google 2wire vulnerabilities or take a look at this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTtQGPdSIfM Look at how many ISPs world-wide use 2wire. Makes you wonder if ISPs use these crappy routers on purpose to get some more revenue from cap overruns. Cheers, -- Alejandro Imass