Comcast thinks it ok to install public wifi in your house

John Peach john-nanog at peachfamily.net
Thu Dec 11 14:46:15 UTC 2014


On Thu, 11 Dec 2014 09:37:22 -0500
Scott Helms <khelms at zcorum.com> wrote:

> It is, you only have to log in once and then it remembers your MAC
> address.  Harvesting usable MAC addresses is as trivial as putting up
> an open access point with the SSIDs xfinitywifi and CableWifi and
> recording the MAC addresses that connect to it.

I was just pointing out that you don't even need to login with the
device. Cablevision allow you to register a MAC address on their
website.


> 
> 
> Scott Helms
> Vice President of Technology
> ZCorum
> (678) 507-5000
> --------------------------------
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> 
> On Thu, Dec 11, 2014 at 9:30 AM, John Peach
> <john-nanog at peachfamily.net> wrote:
> 
> > On Thu, 11 Dec 2014 09:24:10 -0500
> > Valdis.Kletnieks at vt.edu wrote:
> >
> > > On Thu, 11 Dec 2014 00:11:07 -0500, Jay Ashworth said:
> > > > I will give them their props: I only had to sign in *once*, last
> > > > year; their auth controller has recognized my MAC address at
> > > > every spot I've used since.
> > >
> > > Actually, that's sort of scary if you think about it too hard.
> > > Shared-secret authentication has its flaws, but it still beats
> > > shared-nonsecret auth.
> > >
> > > I really hope it's something on your laptop other than the mac
> > > address....
> >
> > It's not - Cablevision allow you to register devices via their
> > website.... by mac address.
> >
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