This exploit is CSRF (Cross-site request forgery). This means that you have to have an active authenticated session to your router in your browser. When you click the link and your browser is already authenticated, it will send your session cookie along with the HTTP request, and the web server in your router will know you are already authenticated, and execute the command you gave it.
Try logging in to your router, open a new tab, and click on that link again and see if it works.
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This exploit is CSRF (Cross-site request forgery). This means that you have to have an active authenticated session to your router in your browser. When you click the link and your browser is already authenticated, it will send your session cookie along with the HTTP request, and the web server in your router will know you are already authenticated, and execute the command you gave it.
Try logging in to your router, open a new tab, and click on that link again and see if it works.
Is there a release date set for Jun Lee's Pro Gold Farmer?
Shit, now I have to eat my furniture!?
I don't know what's funnier; the joke he made or the fact it was modded +5 Insightful.
You mean they don't do that already?
Does this stuff still matter enough that it should be posted every day?
Headline says Jeff, TFA says Larry.
Isn't Jeff Probst the host of Survivor?
They didn't forget about the key to start a game of "Halo" though. (hint: look at F1)
If you don't have the cookie, it has you answer your secret question. After that it will bring up the SiteKey page where you enter your password.
If someone wanting thwe same keyboard gives you a bad sttitude, it's not the customer, it's you.
Looks like you were one of the people getting new keyboards.
Well, at least he is getting called by girls!
They might want to look into this RFC: http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1149.html