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> > A guy in an online forum where I'm trying to get help with my Cox |
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> > internet service wants me to PM him my modem's MAC address so he can |
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> > check my connection in some way. He appears to be a Cox |
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> > representative, but what ill could he do with this info? Just target |
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> > me, right? |
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> > - Grant |
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> > gentoo-user@g.o mailing list |
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> Damn if this isn't one of the most off-topic posts ever... |
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> Anyways, I work in cable modem tech support. He can't access your modem |
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> directly since it has a private IP address (10.x.x.x), even if he does have |
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> the MAC address; he'd have to have access to your PC behind the modem (if he |
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> had your public IP and proper access) or some server that sits on that |
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> private network -- and have access to the encryption, since cable modems |
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> encrypt from end-to-end (modem to CTMS, which is basically the cable modem |
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> system router). So yes, I'd say it's safe to give him the MAC. If he truly |
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> is a Cox rep, he can pull up your internet account by the MAC address and |
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> check modem power levels, signals, possible area issues (depends on how |
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> advanced the software he uses to check this information is). |
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Sorry and thank you. |
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- Grant |
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