Cable modem hackers conquer the co-ax

Cable modem hackers conquer the co-ax
Kevin Poulsen, SecurityFocus 2004-02-05

A small and diverse band of hobbyists steeped in the obscure languages of embedded systems has released its own custom firmware for a popular brand of cable modem, along with a technique for loading it -- a development that's already made life easier for uncappers and service squatters, and threatens to topple long-held assumptions about the privacy of cable modem communications.

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"Impossible dream"...? 2004-02-05
Anonymous (1 replies)

1.1 and signed code are far more widely deployed than this article might have people believe. Operators primarily haven't bothered with the encryption options with DOCSIS 1.0 because it's like applying a band-aid to a broken arm -- 1.0 isn't robust enough to bother with. Rather, the widespread preference seems to be gradually upgrading infrastructure to 1.1, which requires not only individually authenticated modems, but a secure download of signed code to boot.

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"Impossible dream"...? 2004-02-07
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Cable modem hackers conquer the co-ax 2004-02-06
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Re: Cable modem hackers conquer the co-ax 2007-03-29
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Checkout TCNISO.net Docsis 1.1 and 2.0 was already hacked :) 2006-08-06
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Re: Checkout TCNISO.net Docsis 1.1 and 2.0 was already hacked :) 2007-12-12
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