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| Thread ID: 77186 | 2007-03-01 19:12:00 | Now You REALLY Have to Change Your Router's Password! | Strommer (42) | Press F1 |
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| 529174 | 2007-03-02 05:28:00 | Is that "Ms Smarty Pants" ? Misty ;) Misty, I really wouldn't like to apply it to any one person, but if they fit they should wear em. :thumbs: |
Murray P (44) | ||
| 529175 | 2007-03-02 06:35:00 | Changing user namwes and passwords? Why? I've used default password since whever. At least I can remember it. |
JJJJJ (528) | ||
| 529176 | 2007-03-02 08:30:00 | Because ... if it's default, and I can find your router, I can log on to it to allow me onto your system :) | davehartley (3487) | ||
| 529177 | 2007-03-02 19:00:00 | TEOR, you're absolutely bang on right too. This router password issue has been around for years and indeed has been actively exploited for years. BTW, If you on Windows 2k or XP and you don't mind fiddling with your Windows network properties, you can get the same info there, but then you knew that already didn't you smarty pants. :) The way I see it is the factory puts a default user and password, everyone who has that router has the same user name and password, it is a lot easier to get into something when one out of 2 things is still at default, sure a password is hard to get (depending on what it is) but it can always be gotten, it is just a matter of time, sure it might take years ore even decades or more, but the point is a password is never secure... and yes, it has been around since they first came out... With the info, you mean the default gateway, IP addresses etc right? if so, yeup I did know that :D but if you are meaning the user name and password, no, I didn't... Changing user names and passwords? Why? I've used default password since whever. At least I can remember it. ... do you really have to ask? if I know your IP address (or any other person) I can get into your settings and change them so you can't get on and fix it, limit your net, anything that the router can do and you won't know what is going on and even get into your PCs on the network a lot easier by forwarding some ports and if you had a wireless router I could enable the wireless and piggy back off that and if you have say Pro where you are charged if you go over, this will leave you with the possibility of a HUGE bill and you will never be able to tell who it was... see why now? |
The_End_Of_Reality (334) | ||
| 529178 | 2007-03-03 01:41:00 | I can log on to it to allow me onto your system :) Go on then. I have a Dlink 502, everyone knows its default password - I'll sit here and wait for someone to hack it. Waiting.......................................... |
pctek (84) | ||
| 529179 | 2007-03-03 02:39:00 | Go on then. I have a Dlink 502, everyone knows its default password - I'll sit here and wait for someone to hack it. Waiting..........................................I t's not impossible you know. If someone scans your IP range and finds a non-stealthed port at your address then you become very vulnerable. Or if you log onto a forum run by a malicious administrator the job becomes easier. |
Greg (193) | ||
| 529180 | 2007-03-03 05:30:00 | With the info, you mean the default gateway, IP addresses etc right? if so, yeup I did know that :D but if you are meaning the user name and password, no, I didn't... TEOR, that was for the benefit of others, I expected you to know. |
Murray P (44) | ||
| 529181 | 2007-03-03 05:31:00 | Go on then. I have a Dlink 502, everyone knows its default password - I'll sit here and wait for someone to hack it. Waiting.......................................... I wasn't meaning ME specifically :rolleyes: However, as Greg said, if someone is scanning ip addresses/ports and happens to find yours, don't say no-one warned you! :D As I understand it, most DLink routers have a default setting to disable remote web and telnet access, which would of course make this a lot more difficult. But not impossible. |
davehartley (3487) | ||
| 529182 | 2007-03-03 05:40:00 | It's not impossible you know. If someone scans your IP range and finds a non-stealthed port at your address Yes I do know. But as you say, they'd have to find a non-stealthed port first. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 529183 | 2007-03-03 06:40:00 | Go on then. I have a Dlink 502, everyone knows its default password - I'll sit here and wait for someone to hack it. Waiting.......................................... Yeah, after you have broken into Pctek's, break into mine, its not a Dlink, so it will be a surprise when you get in. Waiting too........................................ |
dolby digital (5073) | ||
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