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Re: Comcast storing WiFi passwords in cleartext?
From: "Aaron C. de Bruyn via NANOG" <nanog () nanog org>
Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2019 09:11:55 -0700
On Wed, Apr 24, 2019 at 9:05 AM Brandon Jackson via NANOG <nanog () nanog org> wrote:
I'm not saying they are doing anything nefarious or packet capping the local network or anything of that nature that is a little on the tin foil hat side for me personally, but you should always consider that any information available to a cable modem Gateway or plain cable modem is available to the ISP.
I'd wager at least 95% of Comcast's users aren't network engineers, security bros, or in some technically competent field. If you were building a system to support hundreds of thousands or millions of users who couldn't distinguish between a DVD drive and a cup holder, how would you make it easy for your front-line support staff to help them use the service they paid for? Want to walk them through factory resetting an old WTR54, hardwire a computer/laptop to it (if they have one), sign in with default creds and then properly configure wireless? I'd rather say "What do you want your wireless network name to be?" "Ok, and what do you want your password to be?" "Done. Try connecting now." In any sort of business environment you should be briding the modem and putting your own firewall in. -A
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- RE: Comcast storing WiFi passwords in cleartext?, (continued)
- RE: Comcast storing WiFi passwords in cleartext? Luke Guillory (Apr 23)
- Re: Comcast storing WiFi passwords in cleartext? K. Scott Helms (Apr 24)
- Re: Comcast storing WiFi passwords in cleartext? Matt Hoppes (Apr 24)
- RE: Comcast storing WiFi passwords in cleartext? Luke Guillory (Apr 24)
- Re: Comcast storing WiFi passwords in cleartext? Töma Gavrichenkov (Apr 24)
- Re: Comcast storing WiFi passwords in cleartext? Tom Beecher (Apr 24)
- Re: Comcast storing WiFi passwords in cleartext? Stephen Satchell (Apr 24)
- Re: Comcast storing WiFi passwords in cleartext? Sean Figgins (Apr 24)
- Re: Comcast storing WiFi passwords in cleartext? Aaron C. de Bruyn via NANOG (Apr 24)
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- Re: Comcast storing WiFi passwords in cleartext? Brandon Jackson via NANOG (Apr 25)
- Re: Comcast storing WiFi passwords in cleartext? Seth Mattinen (Apr 24)
- RE: Comcast storing WiFi passwords in cleartext? Benjamin Sisco (Apr 25)
- Re: Comcast storing WiFi passwords in cleartext? K. Scott Helms (Apr 25)
- Re: Comcast storing WiFi passwords in cleartext? Doug Barton (Apr 25)
- Re: Comcast storing WiFi passwords in cleartext? K. Scott Helms (Apr 25)
- Re: Comcast storing WiFi passwords in cleartext? Tom Beecher (Apr 25)
- Re: Comcast storing WiFi passwords in cleartext? K. Scott Helms (Apr 25)
- Re: Comcast storing WiFi passwords in cleartext? Saku Ytti (Apr 26)