[Security Weekly] Is PPoE/A security important?

[James Woolley <james () jamesdotcom com>]

Does anyone know how important the PPPoE/A authentication details provided
by your ISP? If there was a method to enumerate other peoples usernames and
passwords. Would this be a problem?


For example. If I knew someone’s PPPoA username and password, could it be
configured on my home router and browse the internet as though I was that
person? (in the eyes of the ISP).


I can find a lot of information on what PPPoE/A is, but not much on how the
ISP use the details.

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