Re: chaging your @home IP address... could you take a bunch of them....probably... could you get something from it...maybe

From: Replugge [Rod] (repluggeat_private)
Date: Wed Feb 06 2002 - 03:00:21 PST

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    If you are able to get as many ips as you please i think you should
    be able to DoS @home by taking up all their free ip addresses... is
    kinda big words but if is possible someone will doit :-).
    
    
    On Wed, 2002-02-06 at 06:16, Russell Handorf wrote:
    > Jon is correct- the speed is determined via the modem. Back when 
    > excite@home was compromised by adrian lamo, I was privy to such access as 
    > well. On the computer havoc.corp.home.net there lay the 'help desk' 
    > interface, where the users settings were editable. I distinctly remember 
    > the speed being an editable option for the modems. However the only way, to 
    > my current knowledge, it to edit this information on the ISP side- still. I 
    > remember a while back when faster transmission speeds were achieved via 
    > just plugging in a 100 base t nic and setting it to full duplex, but this 
    > is not the case anymore.
    > 
    > As for current hacks for cable modems, there are a few that I have 
    > discovered specifically with comcast.net
    > 
    > However this cannot be disclosed at this time. I will post it at a later date.
    > 
    > Russ
    > 
    > At 08:16 PM 2/5/2002 -0500, you wrote:
    > >vuln-devat_private
    > 
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