full-disclosure - SMC Router safe Login in plaintext

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From: pauls at utdallas.edu (Paul Schmehl)
Subject: SMC Router safe Login in plaintext

--On Wednesday, September 03, 2003 17:14:04 -0500 "C. Church" 
<cchurch@...rtlogic.net> wrote:
>
> Did you read what you just said?  How many ISPs have you called where they
> would "Tell you what your password is"?  If your ISP can tell you what
> your password is, let us know who it is, so we can all avoid them in the
> future.
>
SBCGlobal.net, ATT.net to name two big ones.

> Answer: they don't need to know your old password to change your password.
> It's called permissions, and privileged access.  As root, or a priveleged
> user, I can change anyone's password without having to know the old one.
>
<sarcasm mode="on">No, really?  I would have never guessed.</sarcasm>

> Think about it.

OK, I thought about it.  Now what do I do?

BTW, when I say "tell you what your password is", what I mean is something 
like this, "Mr. Schmehl, your password is 1234qwer.  Are you sure you're 
typing it right?"

Doh!

Paul Schmehl (pauls@...allas.edu)
Adjunct Information Security Officer
The University of Texas at Dallas
AVIEN Founding Member
http://www.utdallas.edu