Unknown Devices using my BT homehub

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  • withabix
    withabix Posts: 9,508 Forumite
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    emmylou wrote: »

    The kids don't know the password :)

    It's not the one that is printed on the back of the HomeHub then?
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  • asbokid
    asbokid Posts: 2,008 Forumite
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    Emma.. have you seen this.. .

    http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/05/28/bt_home_hub_password/
  • mikey72
    mikey72 Posts: 14,680 Forumite
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    We've got a laptop that always logs on an a different numbered "unknown device" every time we turn it on. No idea why.
  • emmylou
    emmylou Posts: 47 Forumite
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    withabix wrote: »
    It's not the one that is printed on the back of the HomeHub then?

    No way :rotfl:
  • emmylou
    emmylou Posts: 47 Forumite
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    asbokid wrote: »
    Emma.. have you seen this.. .

    http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/05/28/bt_home_hub_password/

    Scary :( - I will do what they say. Thanks for that.

    Have to say BT are rubbish - we were with AOL for years and actually never had a problem - BT has been problems all the way. Can't wait to change!!
  • asbokid
    asbokid Posts: 2,008 Forumite
    edited 20 May 2011 at 11:20PM
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    the BT HomeHub 2.0 (actually made by Thomson) runs some flavour of Linux..

    Some of the source code for the device is here.. http://www.btyahoo.com/broadband/adhoc_pages/gplcode.html

    Am I overlooking something here? What's to stop an IT-savvy householder from sniffing the internet traffic of BT FON users who connect to the wifi hotspot created by his HomeHub?

    Thank God this is such a law-abiding nation where no one would even think of doing such a wicked thing.

    EDIT: http://www.psidoc.com/forum.php
  • mikey72
    mikey72 Posts: 14,680 Forumite
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    No one appears to be able to do that though, having said that, if you're daft enough to use an unsecure network for anything that's important......

    It would probably be alot easier to impersonate a hub, and get people that way.
  • debitcardmayhem
    debitcardmayhem Posts: 11,858 Forumite
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    Script Kiddies, can we not stop them posting their websites in their contacts , until they have been members for a while.
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  • Dave_C_2
    Dave_C_2 Posts: 1,827 Forumite
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    tellmeitsfriday wrote: »
    It's called BT Fon, and I believe all homehubs are set up to accept connections. You can switch it off in settings if you want to, but then you're not allowed to use other people's if you need to x

    In the real world with BT Fon active, it's giving away your bandwidth to strangers. This can be significant on slow connections like mine. If you don't use wi-fi outside your house de-activate Fon. This can be done from the first page of the home hub manager http://bthomehub.home/

    Dave
  • KillerWatt
    KillerWatt Posts: 1,655 Forumite
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    asbokid wrote: »
    Emma.. have you seen this.. .

    http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/05/28/bt_home_hub_password/
    I'm surprised they haven't jumped on apps like "Penetrate", which is readily available on Android Market.
    Remember kids, it's the volts that jolt and the mills that kill.
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