Friday, August 29, 2008

FiOS Security Hole Update

I just got to witness another FiOS install. Verizon appears to have used some hillbilly engineering to plug their own security hole a little. The Default WEP Key is still the same as the MAC address with the first 2 characters removed, HOWEVER (in this case, at least) they have changed the actual MAC address of the router. The router is broadcasting a different MAC address than the one on the sticker. I was joking around with the installer about it. He claims to not have heard anything about the security hole. Still the same dang sticker. Must have hired a bunch of undocumented workers and showed them how to swap out the hardware inside the routers - ha ha ha. Hopefully this exercise in hillbilly engineering is a temporary fix and not their long-term solution.