Re: chaging your @home IP address... could you take a bunch of them....probably... could you get something from it...maybe

From: Replugge [Rod] (replugge@alcoholico.org)
Date: 02/06/02 

From: "Replugge [Rod]" <replugge@alcoholico.org>
To: vuln-dev@securityfocus.com
Date: 06 Feb 2002 12:00:21 +0100

If you are able to get as many ips as you please i think you should
be able to DoS @home by taking up all their free ip addresses... is
kinda big words but if is possible someone will doit :-).

On Wed, 2002-02-06 at 06:16, Russell Handorf wrote:
> Jon is correct- the speed is determined via the modem. Back when
> excite@home was compromised by adrian lamo, I was privy to such access as
> well. On the computer havoc.corp.home.net there lay the 'help desk'
> interface, where the users settings were editable. I distinctly remember
> the speed being an editable option for the modems. However the only way, to
> my current knowledge, it to edit this information on the ISP side- still. I
> remember a while back when faster transmission speeds were achieved via
> just plugging in a 100 base t nic and setting it to full duplex, but this
> is not the case anymore.
>
> As for current hacks for cable modems, there are a few that I have
> discovered specifically with comcast.net
>
> However this cannot be disclosed at this time. I will post it at a later date.
>
> Russ
>
> At 08:16 PM 2/5/2002 -0500, you wrote:
> >vuln-dev@securityfocus.com
>
> ==================================
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>
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