Re: Comcast Cable Setup Security Issue
From: Gandalf The White (gandalf_at_digital.net)
Date: 07/21/04
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Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2004 21:07:26 -0500 To: Stephon Autery <stephon@stephonautery.com>, <tbishop@micron.com>, <security-basics@securityfocus.com>
Greetings and Salutations:
>From: tbishop@micron.com [mailto:tbishop@micron.com]
>> Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2004 6:01 AM
>> I am not sure why you had to go through such hoops to get a Comcast
>> installation working. I have performed a dozen or so Comcast
>> installations for friends and family without a hitch. The CD that you
>> used is completely unnecessary. All you have to do is hookup your
>> equipment, call Comcast to register your modem's MAC, and poof, you're
>> done. I am not writing this to insult you (or your intelligence), but
>> instead to hopefully save you time should you need to perform a Comcast
>> installation in the future.
On 7/20/04 7:24 PM, "Stephon Autery" <stephon@stephonautery.com> wrote:
> I have to agree with you Thomas. I plugged my router into Comcast's
> cable modem and off I went, along with my wife and my brother in law and
> my laptop...
The first thing I did was to hook everything up and assume that I was ready
to go. Silly me. I dealt with Cox communications too much where you just
plug it in and it works. You are ready to go (as of the last time I set up
a connection).
Next time I have to install a Comcast connection I will do exactly that.
The only "instructions" I had were the "put this disk in your computer"
instructions. The tech's I called did not ask for a MAC address, they
walked me through a online setup.
Ken
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