{"id":551663,"date":"2007-02-27T23:47:13","date_gmt":"2007-02-27T23:47:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/wordpress\/technology\/551663-mweb-increases-protection-against-adsl-bandwidth-theft.html"},"modified":"2007-02-27T23:47:13","modified_gmt":"2007-02-27T23:47:13","slug":"mweb-increases-protection-against-adsl-bandwidth-theft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/technology\/551663-mweb-increases-protection-against-adsl-bandwidth-theft.html","title":{"rendered":"MWeb increases protection against ADSL bandwidth theft"},"content":{"rendered":"

Those small businesses and home users who have fallen victim to bandwidth theft find their data cap being used up by criminals, which means they then have to purchase additional bandwidth to continue accessing services like email or the Internet. <\/font><\/p>\n

Gary Hart, GM of Products and Marketing at MWEB Business said: \u201cWe are aware that the scourge of bandwidth theft is increasing and are constantly educating our members and customers about how to prevent it. Furthermore, to help combat bandwidth theft, MWEB has developed a service which allows users to increase their security even further.\u201d<\/font><\/p>\n

Called ADSL Protected Access, the service, which resides on the SAIX network, works by blocking unsolicited incoming connections on four vulnerable ports on an ADSL router. <\/font><\/p>\n

These four ports are most often exploited by criminals targeting victims for bandwidth theft. Customers are able to choose whether to enable this service or not, but if it is enabled, criminals will find it much harder to gain access and steal bandwidth from these protected routers.<\/font><\/p>\n

Hart said that while ADSL Protected Access does not affect normal incoming and outgoing traffic, it will block the most common vulnerable spots on routers that are used by criminals to gain access to users\u2019 accounts and thereby steal bandwidth.<\/font><\/p>\n

\u201cWhile most big corporates have firewalls which prevent unsolicited access to their Internet connections, small businesses and home users generally don\u2019t, and are therefore more vulnerable. Protected Access will not affect existing anti-virus programmes, incoming or outgoing emails, or the ability to view Web pages. It also won\u2019t affect existing proxy settings or VPN connections.\u201d<\/font><\/p>\n

MWEB has elected to disable the Protected Access service for all business customers by default, but will recommend that customers enable it wherever appropriate. MWEB Home will activate the service for all new ADSL customers and recommend to existing home customers that they protect their connection by activating the Protected Access service. <\/font><\/p>\n

\u201cThe Protected Access service is a free, value-added service to MWEB customers,\u201d said Hart. \u201cIt is not a programme, so it doesn\u2019t have to be downloaded and installed; it simply needs to be activated in MWEB\u2019s \u201cMy ADSL Account\u201d section.<\/font><\/p>\n

\u201cWe would still recommend to our customers that they use reputable anti-virus and anti-spyware programmes, as well as change the default settings (including the username and password) on their routers. Together with the Protected Access service, this helps to make an ADSL connection as secure as it can be,\u201d concludes Hart. <\/font><\/p>\n

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