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On Fri, 5 Feb 2010 12:49:38 +0000, Stroller wrote: |
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> However, you should change the WPA key of your MiFi from the factory |
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> default, if you haven't already. A 'sploit was announced this week - I |
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> read about it on /., I think. The MiFi uses its SSID (I think) plus |
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> the manufacturing date in setting its default key, and this leads to a |
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> greatly reduced pool of possible keys. |
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I didn't wait for an exploit to be announced, I changed it straight away. |
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Not only for security, but if I'd lost the card with the key, I'd have |
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been screwed. Now it's something I can remember. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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The world is a tragedy to those who feel, but a comedy to those who |
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think.(Horace Walpole) |
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