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Re: Comcast storing WiFi passwords in cleartext?
From: Sean Figgins <sean () labrats us>
Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2019 21:22:35 -0600
On 4/23/19 8:35 PM, Peter Beckman wrote:
Get your own router if you're worried about your Wifi Password being knownby Comcast. Or change to WPA2 Enterprise, but I'm guessing that isn'tsupported on the router...
Original post seems to be someone that bought a used modem/router combo. Since the combo is part cable model, and needs to be provisioned by the MSP, it is going to have access to parts of the config, including the wireless password. It is unknown if the password is stored in plaintext in Comcast's database, and I doubt that someone from Comcast is going to validate that. It is being displayed to the account owner for their benefit. I honestly see nothing wrong with this in and of itself.
At the same time, I refuse to use one of these combo modem/router/WAP. I don't want Comcast to steal my Internet for their roaming wireless, and also don't trust their security. I do all that myself on my own hardware, and prefer to be responsible for my own security. I suspect most people to be lazy.
-Sean
Current thread:
- Re: Comcast storing WiFi passwords in cleartext?, (continued)
- Re: Comcast storing WiFi passwords in cleartext? Peter Beckman (Apr 23)
- Re: Comcast storing WiFi passwords in cleartext? Christopher Morrow (Apr 23)
- Re: Comcast storing WiFi passwords in cleartext? Randy Bush (Apr 24)
- RE: Comcast storing WiFi passwords in cleartext? Luke Guillory (Apr 23)
- Re: Comcast storing WiFi passwords in cleartext? K. Scott Helms (Apr 24)
- Re: Comcast storing WiFi passwords in cleartext? Matt Hoppes (Apr 24)
- RE: Comcast storing WiFi passwords in cleartext? Luke Guillory (Apr 24)
- Re: Comcast storing WiFi passwords in cleartext? Töma Gavrichenkov (Apr 24)
- Re: Comcast storing WiFi passwords in cleartext? Tom Beecher (Apr 24)
- Re: Comcast storing WiFi passwords in cleartext? Stephen Satchell (Apr 24)
- Re: Comcast storing WiFi passwords in cleartext? Sean Figgins (Apr 24)
- Re: Comcast storing WiFi passwords in cleartext? Aaron C. de Bruyn via NANOG (Apr 24)
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- Re: Comcast storing WiFi passwords in cleartext? Brandon Jackson via NANOG (Apr 25)
- Re: Comcast storing WiFi passwords in cleartext? Seth Mattinen (Apr 24)
- RE: Comcast storing WiFi passwords in cleartext? Benjamin Sisco (Apr 25)
- Re: Comcast storing WiFi passwords in cleartext? K. Scott Helms (Apr 25)
- Re: Comcast storing WiFi passwords in cleartext? Doug Barton (Apr 25)
- Re: Comcast storing WiFi passwords in cleartext? K. Scott Helms (Apr 25)