XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-10   
   From: beretta@nun-ya-bizness.com   
      
   On 6/14/19 9:34 AM, Char Jackson wrote:   
      
      
   >   
   > I have an ISP-supplied gateway router here that has both the admin   
   > username and the password hardcoded. (Printed on a sticker on the side   
   > of the unit, with no way to change either field.) With such a   
   > lighthearted approach to security, I'm not sure why they didn't take the   
   > extra step and make the whole thing accessible from the Internet by   
   > default? :-/   
   >   
   Well, I suspect the worry isn't someone locally reading it. Assuming the   
   username/password are unique to the device, that's at least better than   
   hard-coding in a field that is non-unique and accessible to the internet.   
      
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