Joined: 24 Feb 2009 Posts: 2026 Location: Sol System > Earth > USA > Arkansas
Posted: Sun Jul 19, 2009 0:19 Post subject:
It would depend on how "accessible" your network is going to be. If you have an open WiFi *or* allow any one 'willy nilly' to just connect to your network, yes, there can be a *MAJOR* security risk. However, if you are *extremely* cautious about who and what devices are on your network, your wireless is secured, etc, then no, it is not a risk at all (depending on the programs that are used). _________________ E3000 22200M KongVPN K26
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As crashfly stated it depends on your application and network.
If you have teenagers that are downloading "whatever" and option you have is to not install the uPnP client on their particular PCs. _________________ I'll short all the pins on my router before I ever build a JTAG.
UPnP isn't safe on anything but to exploit is is a multi-step process. The short explanation is that anything running on your computer, including your browser, can request ports to be opened. Any website you visit can potentially poke holes in your firewall. After that all depends on whether any of the services you're running are vulnerable. _________________ Read the forum announcements thoroughly! Be cautious if you're inexperienced.
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No more dangerous than having a telnet server running, or any other exploitable service really. A good hacker can write code, manipulate the tcp/ip stack like linkin' logs, and cause a buffer overflow as freely as we type. But in the end they usually take the easy path, like manipulating an existing exploit in a known service like upnp. I use upnp, I like it, if I lose sensitive information because of it then I'm more important than I thought.
