Re:Please log in with router's password
by jfrunyon on Tuesday August 10, 2021 @06:50PM
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> I am not confident I could tell you how to publicly expose the modem provided by Comcast for non-local access
You likely couldn't. That setting is usually gated behind some sort of "technician" or "mso" account (or not present, or only accessible from the devices telnet/ssh interface). Of course, it's probably not difficult to guess Comcast's password; past experience with other companies suggests you try things like "comcast" or "C0mc4s7". (Not even joking, Suddenlink and Spectrum/TWC.)
> much less how someone without any tech experience might do this.
Easy. It's a button that their kid clicked while playing around.
> MFA is not common at all on consumer routers, which at least quite a few on the first page result are, same with rate limiting.
Are you trying to say that's a positive for exposing it on the internet...?
You likely couldn't. That setting is usually gated behind some sort of "technician" or "mso" account (or not present, or only accessible from the devices telnet/ssh interface). Of course, it's probably not difficult to guess Comcast's password; past experience with other companies suggests you try things like "comcast" or "C0mc4s7". (Not even joking, Suddenlink and Spectrum/TWC.)
> much less how someone without any tech experience might do this.
Easy. It's a button that their kid clicked while playing around.
> MFA is not common at all on consumer routers, which at least quite a few on the first page result are, same with rate limiting.
Are you trying to say that's a positive for exposing it on the internet...?