[Swordmaker]

Accidental discovery of a router setting finds a router setting that can put iOS devices into a reboot loop. Causes a denial of service by WIFI Router. If you find this happening, get away from the routers range, turn off your WIFI before returning to the area of that WIFI signal. Irritating but not dangerous. — PING!

Apple WIFI setting infinite Loop iOS rest Ping!

If you want on or off the Mac Ping List, Freepmail me.

[Nailbiter]

bflr

[Swordmaker]

I have been threatened by a member of Freerepublic that if I post anything again, he will offer Jim Robinson $2000 to banish me permanently from Freerepublic on the grounds I am, according to him a "faggot," I am not homosexual, my girlfriend finds that uproariously hilarious, as do my two daughters. He claims this because I use Apple products and ping the 700 members of the Apple/Mac/iPhone/iPad/iOS ping list to articles about those topics. . . Which he maintains come from a "faggot" company. He maintains all Apple users are "faggots."

I challenge the members of the Apple ping list to each donate at least $10 each to the latest Freepathon to counter such extortion. I will be donating $100. Let's show the power of the Apple Ping list in supporting Freerepublic!

[dayglored]

> Skycure notes that this vulnerability is pretty serious, as using SSL is recommended practice, and employed by most iOS apps. Attackers could exploit this vulnerability to instrument a massive DoS (Denial of Service) attack, which can "lead to big losses". Just imagine what might happen if routers inside a major corporation are compromised and used for such an attack.

Oooooh, scary click-bait sound-bite description. But really now, what would be the point of such an attack? There are much more effective ways -- and much easier ways -- to do a DDoS on a wireless network.

And the window of opportunity is small -- Apple will have this patched and distributed pretty quickly.

I'll be interested to see if anyone anywhere actually accomplishes this attack in the real world. Frankly, I doubt anyone would bother, other than as a lab demo like this.