The Security Mentor

This time it's the Edimax 7205APL. According to one of the mailing lists where security people hang out, even if you change all the passwords there's still one built into the device that anyone can use. After a couple of other steps a bad person can start making changes to the device's settings.

This is getting to be a trend. At least three problems like this have raised their ugly heads recently.

I recommend putting a firewall box between any wireless access point and the Internet. Then you have to hope that everyone who connects to your wireless network is friendly. The only complete solution I know of now is to use a general purpose computer as an access point, running software that people can check for back doors.