[Cialug] Mediacom - not Linux related

[tony welder]

For starters, it may not be the modem/wifi, it could be her computer.  If
the computer is compromised, they may be using it to seed the content out.
It wouldn't matter what service you were on, the problem would follow you
no matter where you go.

There's also the possibility that she is actually pirating the content
herself.  It's the most pirated show on the planet right now... just saying.

WPA2 is tough to break.  I've tried several times, it just takes way too
long, requires some decent hardware (GPU for running through a dictionary,
then john the ripper plus regex on dictionary... then finally a brute
force(which damn near NEVER works) ) and requires a lot of luck.

If we're still hung up on it being your WIFI then they maybe getting in
through WPS.  A lot of devices say they have it disabled... when all they
did was disable it through through the web interface.  Takes me about 5
minutes to break into those.  If you actually set it up, then it will take
me up to 2 days assuming the devices doesn't have any serious counter
measures.  With a device the employs more than just simple throttling, it
could take me over a month to break in.

I recommend doing some sort of packet capture, at the top of that network,
to see if any devices are compromised.  It's one of the best ways to figure
out if one of your IOT devices or person X's computer is compromised.


Cheers,
Tony



On Tue, Sep 5, 2017 at 11:20 AM, Justin Richeson <neomatrixjr at gmail.com>
wrote:

> My IP seems to stick as long as my down time is minimal.  My guess is
> unless you're offline while they do a lease reset, you get the same IP
> back.  Or unless they change routing behind the scenes.  I know I've had my
> IP changed a few times, but defiantly had it more than two weeks...probably
> had my current IP at least since we had a major outage early this year.
>
> On Tue, Sep 5, 2017 at 10:42 AM, L. V. Lammert <lvl at omnitec.net> wrote:
>
> > On Tue, 5 Sep 2017, Dave Hala wrote:
> >
> > > My experience with mediacom was that the dhcp lease on an ip addresswas
> > roughly two weeks.
> > >
> > How interesting!  I have been using the same IP [as static] for over five
> > years on the firwall box behind our Charter modem, .. as long as we keep
> > it active, their system will not reprovision for another user.
> >
> > Anyone tried a similar strategy with MediaComm?
> >
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~tony