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Standard User Michael_Chare
(fountain of knowledge) Thu 09-Mar-17 12:53:45
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VDSL userid and password encryption?


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If you use a separate modem and router for a VDSL connection, are the userid and password encrypted when they are sent from the router to the modem?

Or could they be sniffed?

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Standard User RobertoS
(elder) Thu 09-Mar-17 13:36:12
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Re: VDSL userid and password encryption?


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A modem has nothing to do with encryption. It's merely turning digital signals into analogue and vice versa.

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(deleted) Thu 09-Mar-17 15:23:21
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Re: VDSL userid and password encryption?


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Wireshark is the usual method of obtaining your Sky username and password by sniffing what is sent by the router and they are obviously in the clear.

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Standard User caffn8me
(knowledge is power) Thu 09-Mar-17 16:33:25
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Re: VDSL userid and password encryption?


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How you authenticate depends on your ISP. Many ISPs use Challenge-Handshake Authentication Protocol (CHAP) which provides some security.

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Standard User deleted
(deleted) Thu 09-Mar-17 16:38:53
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Re: VDSL userid and password encryption?


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Of course for residential BT Broadband the username and password are the same for everyone
Standard User ukhardy07
(knowledge is power) Thu 09-Mar-17 16:55:56
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Re: VDSL userid and password encryption?


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In reply to a post by Michael_Chare:
If you use a separate modem and router for a VDSL connection, are the userid and password encrypted when they are sent from the router to the modem?

Or could they be sniffed?
Some ISPs have no username / password, or a generic one. Examples include talktalk and BT, here it is irrelevant.
Standard User Michael_Chare
(fountain of knowledge) Thu 09-Mar-17 17:09:32
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In reply to a post by BatBoy:
Wireshark is the usual method of obtaining your Sky username and password by sniffing what is sent by the router and they are obviously in the clear.
I was wondering if I could do the same on Vodafone. Though I don't know if the router can be configured to work with a separate modem.

Michael Chare
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(deleted) Thu 09-Mar-17 17:32:30
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In reply to a post by caffn8me:
How you authenticate depends on your ISP. Many ISPs use Challenge-Handshake Authentication Protocol (CHAP) which provides some security.


As I recall BT Wholesale mandate CHAP. No idea what Vodafone use. In theory as they aren't using a wholesale provider, but are one themselves they have no need to use anything.
Standard User Zarjaz
(eat-sleep-adslguide) Thu 09-Mar-17 17:35:03
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Even what's before the @ doesn't matter either, as long as @btbroadband.com is how it ends.


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(deleted) Thu 09-Mar-17 18:52:51
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In reply to a post by Michael_Chare:
In reply to a post by BatBoy:
Wireshark is the usual method of obtaining your Sky username and password by sniffing what is sent by the router and they are obviously in the clear.
I was wondering if I could do the same on Vodafone. Though I don't know if the router can be configured to work with a separate modem.
It works with the combined Sky modem/router
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