Comments on: Eircom Respond to Netopia Security Issue http://www.jamesgalvin.com/2007/10/02/eircom-respond-to-netopia-security-issue/ Even a stopped clock tells the right time twice a day. Fri, 05 Dec 2008 11:08:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: eddie http://www.jamesgalvin.com/2007/10/02/eircom-respond-to-netopia-security-issue/#comment-47726 eddie Sat, 22 Mar 2008 02:45:23 +0000 http://www.jamesgalvin.com/2007/10/02/eircom-respond-to-netopia-security-issue/#comment-47726 well james i have to agree with everything you said, I was talking to a friend about 2 months ago and somehow we got into convo about wep/wpa and the wafle goes on sure he says i can break wep anytime i like, ummm i was thinking is this guy another self learning person like myself who has learned the way of the penguin (linux for the winblows) or has he used cygwin and got aircrack installed on windows with all them old wifi drivers ?? , so i asked him what distro do you like or how did you over come the problem with drivers and all the .dll file you have to collect to install(get it working) aircrack on windows, he looks at me with confussion in his eyes (WTH is this guy talking about) Distro what site is that he replys and you dont know how to install your wifi card i can do it for you, ummmmm i was thinking there was I installing slackware (my fav) and all the extras to get my aircrack working to test MY OWN security on MY OWN Router. and this guy is breaking the wep code and he does not know what i thought he already did know ummmm. now i was confussed so i asked if your not using what i was using what are you using and there it was on his phone a .jar file with the key generator for eircoms wep code WOOOOW. i was totaly taken back there was me for the last 4 years learning all i needed to know about wifi bluetooth and so on and this guy comes out with DEMOs eircom wep key generator EIRCOM SHAME ON YOU now anyone who gets nicked downloading illegal MP3 files can say nop it wasn't me and point out there window, it was someone out there lmao. what really gets up my nose about eircom is they should have 1 made a video - how to get your eircom router working - this would take about 10 minutes to make and a day to edit for one person with a small amount of knowledge of computers - this could have been added to there web site and to the disc they supply with the router. 2 phone or send a letter to all there broadband customers and asked them to change the ssid on there AP (router) 3 asked all there customers to change there wep code at least or use WPA this would be a quick fix but in saying what i have just done, the worst is yet to come ALL WIFI encryption codes can be broken I KNOW coz i have done on my own routers for learning more about securing my own system.and i have noticed something else. persons using game consoles like the PS3 or Xbox with wifi and the security WEP, well even if you are using eircom router and change your ssid AP name or using any router for that matter with WEP, the code can be broken in 20 seconds again i know I have done on my Routers (netopia-linksys-netgear) i don't think any are immune to this. and as far as eircom telling there customers, I'm one, I have not seen a letter nor got a phone call about this issue there is one simple solution, turn your wifi on when your using it and off when your not ummmm im thinking again by simply accessing the internet on another person router all there inforamtion can be sniffed Credit card details all there keys logged, bebo user names passwords, MSN chat logged the list goes on in fact to make it really bad soneone could open up a porn site on someone elses internet connection if it was me (i would not dare but) i could have this done in say 1 hour that is set up domain name (even with dynamic ip address i can have a static domain name redirected to it)set up apache/php/mysql/ and have it open for business or send 1000000s of spam emails everyday and never get nicked now think about that all you eircom0000 0000 users. What i can say to you eircom is, you are responsible for peoples information within your domain please secure it Now. Do the right thing please. what i will say to all you eircom users is imagine getting a knock on the door and a police man shows you a some paper giving him/her the right to search your home and take all your computer devices out of your home, do you really know how far wifi signals can travel is there some pervert or terrorist or simply just some kid /adult abusing your internet connection and you have no control over it ?????????? whats really scary is, somewhere i was reading about the county council making dublin city a wifi zone lol, come on what do they do all day watch star trek get into the real world anything in the airwave can be broken and sniffed yes yes we all know its illegal to do this but then agian when you watch star trek all day, suppose you start to believe thats how life works well james i have to agree with everything you said, I was talking to a friend about 2 months ago and somehow we got into convo about wep/wpa and the wafle goes on sure he says i can break wep anytime i like, ummm i was thinking is this guy another self learning person like myself who has learned the way of the penguin (linux for the winblows) or has he used cygwin and got aircrack installed on windows with all them old wifi drivers ?? , so i asked him what distro do you like or how did you over come the problem with drivers and all the .dll file you have to collect to install(get it working) aircrack on windows, he looks at me with confussion in his eyes (WTH is this guy talking about) Distro what site is that he replys and you dont know how to install your wifi card i can do it for you, ummmmm i was thinking there was I installing slackware (my fav) and all the extras to get my aircrack working to test MY OWN security on MY OWN Router. and this guy is breaking the wep code and he does not know what i thought he already did know ummmm. now i was confussed so i asked if your not using what i was using what are you using and there it was on his phone a .jar file with the key generator for eircoms wep code WOOOOW. i was totaly taken back there was me for the last 4 years learning all i needed to know about wifi bluetooth and so on and this guy comes out with DEMOs eircom wep key generator EIRCOM SHAME ON YOU now anyone who gets nicked downloading illegal MP3 files can say nop it wasn’t me and point out there window, it was someone out there lmao.
what really gets up my nose about eircom is they should have 1 made a video - how to get your eircom router working - this would take about 10 minutes to make and a day to edit for one person with a small amount of knowledge of computers - this could have been added to there web site and to the disc they supply with the router.
2 phone or send a letter to all there broadband customers and asked them to change the ssid on there AP (router)
3 asked all there customers to change there wep code at least or use WPA
this would be a quick fix
but in saying what i have just done,
the worst is yet to come ALL WIFI encryption codes can be broken I KNOW coz i have done on my own routers for learning more about securing my own system.and i have noticed something else.
persons using game consoles like the PS3 or Xbox with wifi and the security WEP, well even if you are using eircom router and change your ssid AP name or using any router for that matter with WEP, the code can be broken in 20 seconds again i know I have done on my Routers (netopia-linksys-netgear) i don’t think any are immune to this. and as far as eircom telling there customers, I’m one, I have not seen a letter nor got a phone call about this issue there is one simple solution, turn your wifi on when your using it and off when your not ummmm im thinking again by simply accessing the internet on another person router all there inforamtion can be sniffed Credit card details all there keys logged, bebo user names passwords, MSN chat logged the list goes on in fact to make it really bad soneone could open up a porn site on someone elses internet connection if it was me (i would not dare but) i could have this done in say 1 hour that is set up domain name (even with dynamic ip address i can have a static domain name redirected to it)set up apache/php/mysql/ and have it open for business or send 1000000s of spam emails everyday and never get nicked now think about that all you eircom0000 0000 users.
What i can say to you eircom is, you are responsible for peoples information within your domain please secure it Now. Do the right thing please.
what i will say to all you eircom users is imagine getting a knock on the door and a police man shows you a some paper giving him/her the right to search your home and take all your computer devices out of your home, do you really know how far wifi signals can travel is there some pervert or terrorist or simply just some kid /adult abusing your internet connection and you have no control over it ??????????
whats really scary is, somewhere i was reading about the county council making dublin city a wifi zone lol, come on what do they do all day watch star trek get into the real world anything in the airwave can be broken and sniffed yes yes we all know its illegal to do this but then agian when you watch star trek all day, suppose you start to believe thats how life works

]]> By: “News Alert: Irish Broadband Routers Totally Secure” | James Galvin http://www.jamesgalvin.com/2007/10/02/eircom-respond-to-netopia-security-issue/#comment-30945 “News Alert: Irish Broadband Routers Totally Secure” | James Galvin Tue, 09 Oct 2007 22:15:37 +0000 http://www.jamesgalvin.com/2007/10/02/eircom-respond-to-netopia-security-issue/#comment-30945 [...] Eircom Respond to Netopia Security Issue [...] [...] Eircom Respond to Netopia Security Issue [...]

]]> By: Jim http://www.jamesgalvin.com/2007/10/02/eircom-respond-to-netopia-security-issue/#comment-30693 Jim Fri, 05 Oct 2007 08:40:21 +0000 http://www.jamesgalvin.com/2007/10/02/eircom-respond-to-netopia-security-issue/#comment-30693 My name is Jim. I am from Dublin, Corks big daddy. Ok, thats not the issue here, the Chinamen made router is the issue man! I would like to see what form the Eircom response takes, and how long it takes. Somehow, I cant see this being a top issue for Eircom to therir non-business customers, especially since the media story broke and ended in a day My name is Jim. I am from Dublin, Corks big daddy. Ok, thats not the issue here, the Chinamen made router is the issue man!
I would like to see what form the Eircom response takes, and how long it takes. Somehow, I cant see this being a top issue for Eircom to therir non-business customers, especially since the media story broke and ended in a day

]]> By: stephen http://www.jamesgalvin.com/2007/10/02/eircom-respond-to-netopia-security-issue/#comment-30514 stephen Tue, 02 Oct 2007 13:36:16 +0000 http://www.jamesgalvin.com/2007/10/02/eircom-respond-to-netopia-security-issue/#comment-30514 could be a nice money maker securing eircom networks could be a nice money maker securing eircom networks

]]> By: PaulD http://www.jamesgalvin.com/2007/10/02/eircom-respond-to-netopia-security-issue/#comment-30511 PaulD Tue, 02 Oct 2007 12:49:29 +0000 http://www.jamesgalvin.com/2007/10/02/eircom-respond-to-netopia-security-issue/#comment-30511 Yup, good response from eircom there.. I think we should see how they follow through before we begin to sing their praises! Yup, good response from eircom there.. I think we should see how they follow through before we begin to sing their praises!

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