IoT defense on Home Network

[betatester]

With the recent DDOS propagated from IoT on a new level, beside changing the default password, how would you prevent your devices from becoming part of this botnet?

 

[Flapadar]

Disable upnp on router

 

[badger]

I use an EdgeRouter Lite running OpenBSD-current with a deny by default firewall configuration. It's a cheap device and, although OpenBSD does not take advantage of hardware acceleration, it works fine for my network speeds.


I followed this guide to set it up:


http://www.tedunangst.com/flak/post/OpenBSD-on-ERL