Originally posted here by nihil
Hmmmmmmm,

I have seen a number of threads on this forum that suggest that a router/firewall is all that you need and that software firewalls are irrelevant crap.

Has anyone had a slight change of heart?
You should never rely on just one layer of security. This is exactly the reason I use multiple layers. Fortunately... I don't use linksys... but I use a Cisco router as my boarder router/firewall. (yes... I realize that cisco now owns linksys) Should anything "slip" past it... I've got more layers.

Maybe this will just be another "lesson learned"?

If one wanted... they could easily have two devices at the boarder. The linksys and then an old cheap box (you know you all have them stuffed in your basement/closets) as the second method of protection. IPCop or Smoothwall woud be perfect for a job like this. Easy to configure and a hell of a lot more options than the linksys should anything slip past it.

In this case... it won't matter too much...because its a DoS and the router will still have to be reset, but it *could* have been much worse?

Just curious... as I haven't used one of these Linksys routers in a long time.. but the newer firmware does give you an option to backup your configurations... right? Maybe that was D-Link?

Anyway... what are you doing here? You should be patching your "router"!
(If your model has a patch...)