Re: CR and Cable Modems

From: big bon (vulndevat_private)
Date: Wed Aug 08 2001 - 08:02:38 PDT

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If your cable modem has a real ip address and not a private range ip 
performance could drop due to the scans.  My surfboard does not obtain a 
true ip, mine is something like 192.168.1.5 so the only way it could be 
scanned would be internally.




>From: Mike <bugginat_private>
>To: vuln-devat_private
>Subject: CR and Cable Modems
>Date: 8 Aug 2001 00:39:39 -0000
>
>Is it possible for the CR worm to affect the
>performance of a cable modem if that modem has a
>built in web based configuration tool that is accessed
>via a 192 static ip?  To be a little more specific, by
>performance I am suggesting the possibility for the
>built in USB feature to drop an ip address after being
>probed by the CR?  Two particular cable modems
>that I am inquiring about would be the 3Com home
>connect and the Motorola SB4100.


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