High everyone. I'm a newbie so be gentle with me.
I'm a recent Infinity customer and have had excellent service disregarding customer support. When i upgraded to Infinity i also took possession of the Homehub 3. I plan to keep the router because I'm Weird and like the idea of letting people piggyback off my Homehub and gain the ability to piggyback off others. I kind of like free countrywide Internet access. There is one feature though that has me worried, port 161. When i found my router had port 161 open and responsive to scans and no way to close the thing i did what every else would do, i googled it. I was kind of shocked when i found out that this security flaw was foolishly built into every Homehub 3.
As BT have stupidly opened this port i no longer have the ability to stealth my presence on the web like i could with every single BT router i have used in the past. As this port sings its head off when scanned there is a chance i'm going to get some £$$%^&* hacker try their luck.
As a six year old has taken charge of broadband security at BT i need a little advice. Is there anything else i can do to defend my router? With my router singing its head off and me having a permanent connection its not if that £$$%^&* hacker tries their luck, but when.
I'm a recent Infinity customer and have had excellent service disregarding customer support. When i upgraded to Infinity i also took possession of the Homehub 3. I plan to keep the router because I'm Weird and like the idea of letting people piggyback off my Homehub and gain the ability to piggyback off others. I kind of like free countrywide Internet access. There is one feature though that has me worried, port 161. When i found my router had port 161 open and responsive to scans and no way to close the thing i did what every else would do, i googled it. I was kind of shocked when i found out that this security flaw was foolishly built into every Homehub 3.
As BT have stupidly opened this port i no longer have the ability to stealth my presence on the web like i could with every single BT router i have used in the past. As this port sings its head off when scanned there is a chance i'm going to get some £$$%^&* hacker try their luck.
As a six year old has taken charge of broadband security at BT i need a little advice. Is there anything else i can do to defend my router? With my router singing its head off and me having a permanent connection its not if that £$$%^&* hacker tries their luck, but when.
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