Re: DOCSIS vulnerability

[dana shetterly <dshetterly () adelphia net>]

In-Reply-To: <20020313090656.I26738 () techmonkeys org>

http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/109/docsis_config6
.html#511694956 
u all should read this . if they have any brain they will 
use an authentication string which creates an .md5 
if u don't know what that is go here...
ftp://coast.cs.purdue.edu/pub/tools/unix/crypto/md5/M
D5.README
GL trying to break it. 
also the headend will get this message when your 
modem fails the checksum

%UBR7200-5-AUTHFAIL: Authorization failed for 
Cable Modem 0001.9E89.64C1 on interface Cable6/0

The cable modem will also have a status of reject(m) 
instead of online.
When the admin at the headend gets this message a 
few times what do u think is going to happen...