[Am-info] Broadband Modem Password Problems

[Fred A. Miller]

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Broadband Modem Password Problems

Many broadband modems are installed with default passwords, leaving
them susceptible to hackers and spammers, and the directions for
changing the passwords are not always clear or easy.  In addition,
hackers can access broadband modems even when computers are turned off.
A New Zealand programmer who found his modem was compromised wrote
a program that looked for vulnerable connections and sent warning
messages when they were found.  He was threatened with possible
legal action.

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?storyID=3D2048412
[Editor's Note(Grefer): One more reason to place a NATing (netork
address translating) router directly behind the broadband modem.]

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Fred A. Miller
Systems Administrator
Cornell Univ. Press Services
fm@cupserv.org, www.cupserv.org
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