Is Your Router Vulnerable?

        With his thoughtful suggestion Jim Hamm forwards an interesting site.  He starts off, "Here is a description and test to see whether your router may be vulnerable to a UPnP discovery request. I ran the test, and our router is not vulnerable.

        Jim then comments, "In the real world, I don't know how serious this threat may or may not be. I don't recall reading anything about it, and don't really know anything about this vulnerability. So, proceed accordingly."

        Hmmm.  Let's look at this company and their blog to learn more.  Here's a photo of them,  http://www.rapid7.com/company/  and you'll learn more when you scan their Security Street blog: https://community.rapid7.com/community/infosec/blog 
       And this is the latest addition from Jim, "Here is more information on the Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) vulnerability issue. Although this article came out a while back, I guess reading it now is better late than never." 

Controversy Over Wireless Networks

        "Here is an interesting site http://stopthecap.com/  for those who want to keep informed about the details of wireless, cellphone, and TV service." David Passell goes on to comment, "It appears that there are forces at work to make sure that nothing will be free unless you pay for it:(. " 
        And a reply from Prez Art Gorski, "OK, I had to laugh out loud this morning when I read this Yogi Berra-sim in David's post to the newsletter.  :-)"   
        Yes, that's what we like about PMUG.  We look and learn, we express our ideas to catch someone else's attention! 

Library's Wireless Internet Speed

Curious about the wireless Internet speed at the Prescott Public Library?  John Carter was and he passes along this info.  He says the best place to get a speed test without all the ads, is available from CenturyLink here. However, you need Flash installed, and Apple doesn't like Flash, so you'll have to use Google Chrome to do a speedtest - even if you use the Ookla speedtest.