Netgate Discussion Forum
    • Categories
    • Recent
    • Tags
    • Popular
    • Users
    • Search
    • Register
    • Login

    The infamous port 32764!

    Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved Off-Topic & Non-Support Discussion
    3 Posts 2 Posters 1.7k Views
    Loading More Posts
    • Oldest to Newest
    • Newest to Oldest
    • Most Votes
    Reply
    • Reply as topic
    Log in to reply
    This topic has been deleted. Only users with topic management privileges can see it.
    • M
      mikeisfly
      last edited by

      Looks like PfSense is safe  ;) but please have your friends and family check to see if their router responds to port 32764, looks like it can be a way for someone to back door your router remotely. There is a free port scanner at www.grc.com and he (Steve Gibson) has made a bitly link www.bitly.com/port32764 which will scan your WAN interface to see if you have the problem. You either want to see stealth or closed.

      1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
      • stephenw10S
        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
        last edited by

        I assume you're talking about this?:
        http://arstechnica.com/security/2014/01/backdoor-in-wireless-dsl-routers-lets-attacker-reset-router-get-admin/

        I don't think pfSense runs on any hardware that that backdoor runs on so we should be safe.  ;)
        I read that article a while ago and at the time this was an internal vulnerability only but it seems to have been updated, some routers are vulnerable internet side.  ::)

        Steve

        1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
        • M
          mikeisfly
          last edited by

          Yup that's what I was talking about. With all this NSA stuff going on its got a lot of people including me paranoid.

          1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
          • First post
            Last post
          Copyright 2025 Rubicon Communications LLC (Netgate). All rights reserved.