May 12th, 2009
D-Link adds CAPTCHA to home, small office routers
The imperviousness of the CAPTCHA has a security measure has been hotly debated, but there have been enough compromised network stories in the headlines to prompt D-Link to integrate the technique into its home and small office routers.
CAPTCHA, which stands for Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart, offers an extra hurdle in the way of malicious software intending to hijack your DNS, ruin your network and computer, including worms, viruses and Trojan horses.
In the press release, the company rests on its technological laurels but implements the feature at the same time:
“Unlike other brands, the majority of D-Link routers are not as easy to be compromised since our design is proprietary. However, we’re excited to be the first in the market to announce we have taken the initiative to implement CAPTCHA into our routers, thus providing yet another layer of security to our customers,” said AJ Wang, chief technology officer of D-Link.
Popular D-Link router models that now feature CAPTCHA include the DIR-615, DIR-625, DIR-628, DIR-655, DIR-825, DIR-855, DIR-685, and DGL-4500. To upgrade routers with CAPTCHA, customers need to visit support.dlink.com to download the upgrade.
Andrew J. Nusca is an associate editor for ZDNet and SmartPlanet.
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