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Last post Author Topic: Homeland Security: Disable UPnP  (Read 15604 times)

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Re: Homeland Security: Disable UPnP
« Reply #25 on: February 02, 2013, 07:20 PM »
Unfortunately, ScanNow requires Java. Kind of ironic to make your system vulnerable one way to find out if you are vulnerable another.  :huh:

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Re: Homeland Security: Disable UPnP
« Reply #26 on: February 02, 2013, 07:40 PM »
(my fiber connection is 40Mb symetrical).

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Re: Homeland Security: Disable UPnP
« Reply #27 on: February 03, 2013, 07:26 AM »
Unfortunately, ScanNow requires Java. Kind of ironic to make your system vulnerable one way to find out if you are vulnerable another.  :huh:

is the online router scan enough if you're using a stand-alone machine?
http://upnp-check.rapid7.com/

(I have java uninstalled - a check above gets me "Congratulations! Your router did not respond to a UPnP discovery request.")
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Re: Homeland Security: Disable UPnP
« Reply #28 on: February 03, 2013, 07:29 AM »
is the online router scan enough if you're using a stand-alone machine?
http://upnp-check.rapid7.com/
Seems like they do a server-side check to your WAN IP - so you'll get to see whether your router is exploitable from the intarwebs (which is what really matters), but you won't get notified about other devices on your LAN.
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Re: Homeland Security: Disable UPnP
« Reply #29 on: February 10, 2013, 12:36 PM »
How to fix the UPnP security holes Universal Plug and Play has always had security holes. Here's how to plug them. http://www.zdnet.com...ity-holes-7000010584
thanks for that - unfortunately, it sounds like you've got to be pretty much an expert to figure this stuff out :(
-exactly my thought as well. So I wrote Agnitum, because:
So what can you do in the meantime? Just keep that firewall up once and for all against UPnP traffic.
-ZDNet
We've survived UPnP until now, maybe all this is not extremely urgent... I hope for an answer no later than Monday.

I forgot to post the answer:

Your PC is protected by Outpost default rules:
(Settings - Application rules - svchost.exe - Network rules - block UPnP rule (1900 UDP))

Unfortunately,  Outpost  canĀ“t protect routers as it protects only the PC where the product is installed.
-Agnitum