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November 13th, 2006 19:00

Broadcom Wireless Security Threat

When can we expect a patch for the latest Broadcom Wireless Security threat. I see Linksys jumped on this quickly. Dell needs to presure Broadcom for a patch
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    NemesisDB

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    Posted November 14th, 2006 03:00

    as far as I know, no.  last time I checked the latest release was from 6/2006
     
    of course, if broadcom were a decent and reasonable company they would offer their wireless drivers at their own site like intel does (or like they do for their wired products).
     
    edit:  I would strongly recommend trying to force the linksys driver as the article suggests.  it should work as these companies usually don't modify the generic drivers that much,

    edit2:  am going to apply this update to my USR card tonight, given that USR hasn't released a driver for me in around a year ;-)

    edit3:  I originally meant this post to be in reply to http://forums.us.dell.com/supportforums/board/message?board.id=si_wireless&message.id=28252 , but it's the same topic anyway

    Message Edited by NemesisDB on 11-14-200601:03 AM

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    Posted November 14th, 2006 04:00

    Linksys driver works great on my USR card.  Will probably keep it installed given that the USR driver was based on an early 3.x broadcom realse and given that they show no signs of supporting their product.
     
    Afterburner was set to on by default -- so make sure you disable that if it will be an issue for you.

    Message Edited by NemesisDB on 11-14-200611:39 AM

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    Posted November 14th, 2006 04:00

    I came here looking for a Dell reply to this issue - so far none.

    For those interested in details of threat and workaround - see http://blogs.zdnet.com/Ou/?p=365&tag=nl.e589 for details.
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    Posted November 14th, 2006 19:00

    Thank you for the response
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    Posted November 14th, 2006 19:00

    I have been watching this issue and have asked about getting an update. I expect an announcement of a partial solution this week and I'll post it on the main wireless board when it's ready.
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    Posted November 14th, 2006 21:00

    on the affected system, In IE click tools, Windows update. choose custom. Then look under "hardware,optional items". Should have listed updated driver for Dell/Broadcom
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    Posted November 14th, 2006 21:00

    one should never dl drivers from the MS update site...
    only use the manufactor or Dell.....
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    Posted November 14th, 2006 23:00

    if anyone grabs from the MS site, please post the actual driver number here following the install.  i am lacking any dell TM wireless card at the moment, but I would be interested in a dell package for my USR card when and if a fix becomes available.
     
    and yes, I agree -- use caution with MS driver updates.  it routinely tries to get me to install a very old intel driver and a very old promise raid driver for my system.
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    Posted November 15th, 2006 16:00

    Broadcom released a fix some time ago. Up to vendors now.
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    Posted November 15th, 2006 17:00

    though apparently they neglected to attach a security advisory to the "fixed" reference driver.

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