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Security Focus on Cable Modem Uncapping
Anonymous Coward writes "Cable modem uncapping allows broadband customers to boost their bandwidth to 6 or 7 times what they're paying for, by spoofing their modem's TFTP client into downloading a hacked DOCSIS configuration file. Kevin Poulsen at SecurityFocus reports that a new underground program called OneStep makes the process easy and fun for the whole family. Broadband companies are cutting off the uncappers that they catch, but things could get out of control soon."
It's possible to use an ORDINARY kitchen knife to get loads of cash from almost anyone! It's indeed fun for the whole family, get your 12 year old to hold the knife against the throat of a random person in a quite street, and shout "GIVE ME ALL YOUR MONEY" in his face.
C'mon people, you have (well, I have at least) a legally binding contract with your isp that you do NOT try to alter any settings to the modem without their consent.
It's been said before, but it doesn't seem to sink in with the slashdot crowd: Just because you can doesn't mean you are allowed to.
Be wary of any facts that confirm your opinion.
From a pitiable 56kbps AOL dial-up somewhere in suburban Colorado, 19-year-old Myko Hein would like to tap out this sad, regretful message to the powers-that-be at his former cable Internet provider, AT&T Broadband: I was wrong. It'll never happen again. Please take me back.
Is that not the most heart-wrenching shit? No, really. How pathetic is that? *wail* I have no bandwidth, take me back or I'll die!
Still living with a 56k modem here.
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So, because "you" aren't l33t enough to find it, it is vaporware? Get over your ego.
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