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- scottylist, on 10/12/2007, -9/+101I thought these were passwords for porn sites. Imagine my dissapointment...
- tontovila, on 10/12/2007, -2/+35boxes that come from the factor that have user names and passwords, all come with default usernames and passwords, and every single manufacture decides to be different.
it's hard to remmeber them all, cuz there's a billion different ones.
like, linksys for thier customer prem low end routers, default password is admin,
netgear is password,
htose are the only two i can remmeber off the top of my head,
these lists are usefull - therernospoons, on 10/12/2007, -4/+31http://defaultpassword.com is another good site to bookmark :)
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -11/+33Sorry for the dumb question but what is default password list mean? Thanks
- clickmyface, on 10/12/2007, -2/+24For network devices like routers, wireless access points, etc. These are the passwords that come default out of box. Many, many people don't bother to change them.... Its quite sad, really.
edit: BEAT ME TOO IT i see tontovilla - davidsmero, on 10/12/2007, -2/+20Excellent for war-driving.
- Chaulis, on 10/12/2007, -1/+19Was the "1337 entries" intentional?
- ilovefrenzal, on 10/12/2007, -2/+19@andrewa:
After careful consideration, I have this response: ***** Off!
People like you would be the reason i would choose to hate mankind, but thankfully there aren't enough of them.
What's the point of telling someone who doesn't understand something that they don't understand anything? It'd be so much easier to just explain it to them, or just even ignore them and let someone else do it.
On a comletely unrelated train of thought, i'd like to mention that the way i found out about default passwords was by trying to get into the school computer BIOS... mmmmmmmmm fun - davidsmero, on 10/12/2007, -2/+18You could look it as to educate users of the hardware listed that information is readily available. Not really hacking if you ask me.
- johnnybluejeans, on 10/12/2007, -0/+16Oh damn! You got into BIOS?!!? And then what?! Did you change the boot order of the drives or something 1337 like that??
- LordSamu, on 10/12/2007, -1/+13Ya know, some things might have changed in 6 years. And I've not seen this before so it's helpful to me. (on digg)
- j0c1f3r, on 10/12/2007, -3/+12@Lasker - you want us to get "real nerds"......how can you tell fake nerds?....and I wardrive every time I go outta town...and I think there are lots of us who do it....if you dont....maybe give it a try....you might like it ..... and become A REAL NERD.....instead of just an asshat.
- jamester, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8I'm not sure my router was out six years ago, but thanks for the age update - those are always fun. ;-)
- Interitus, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7This is great for people working in IS and help desks; rather than just guessing at what the password for a product might be, you have a reliable list you can refer to.
- Epimetheus79, on 10/12/2007, -2/+8Often people loose documentation and have no idea what the default pw is. This can help people access networking devices that they own.
- anteyekon4myst, on 10/12/2007, -3/+9TOOMANYSECRETS
- adraft, on 10/12/2007, -2/+7@andrewa:
Yeah no need to be a douchebag.
@ilovefrenzal:
I got into the computer BIOS at my high school and pretty much instantly lost my computer access for the rest of the semester. Makes things hard when you're taking three programming classes... - schitzo15, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4This list is the saviour of all tech support agents. It has saved my ass on more than one occasion, only trouble is when somebody changed their username and password about 2 years ago, and funnily enough can't remember what the hell it is.....
- khilari, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4it felt good to give this story the 2000th digg...
- swook, on 10/12/2007, -3/+7Useful. Thanks!
- RonaldLewis, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4This list is both a blessing and a curse.
- teknotant, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5@Lasker
War-driving is not hard, hell you can even do it on accident, so I am sure many people (especially on digg) have at least tried it out of curiosity. - YumYumKittyLoaf, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Are these only BIOS passwords, or routers and BIOS passwords? Also, aren't these passwords the ones that will allow you to get into a bios or router if you forget the password, like a built in password that always works.
Or maybe i'm confused, also, why take the battery out to reset it if you know where the JP3 jumper is, which is usualy stated on the motherboard. Lot quicker than taking out the battery. - codemonkey2841, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3There've been plenty of times when I've had someone ask me to "fix the Internet" for them and have to do something to their wireless router and them NOT have the doc with the admin passwd. Lists like this have saved my ass uncounted times.
- carmaa, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3...and some things DON'T change, thanks to people not changing their default passwords. Thanks to them, this list is worth its weight in gold, 6 years later. Stupidity is unfortunately a permanent issue.
- Dpack1, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2One not on there is for Sky Broadband users here in the UK, they use a rebranded Netgear Wireless Router.
Username: Admin
Password: Sky - PDubNYC, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Ah, ya. How about wireless routers? It most certainly does matter whether the default password has changed.
If you browse wireless networks, and you see one named Linksys, there is a damn good chance that the username/password is admin/admin, allowing you full control of the device. - LinuxBoi, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4Taking the Battery always works for me. Resets to defaults.
- digitalrift, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3If people are still using their equipment's default password, then mother nature has indeed proven that if you make a "fool proof" system, nature can and will indeed make a greater fool.
- madhaha, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Really? I'm still new to wireless networking and this issue strikes me as odd. I did some quick searches, dug up a linksys manual (I'm going with the wrt54gs one, your router may differ) and find linksys call their remote management setting is called "Remote Router Access". Another quick search tells me this is disabled by default and the password changing options are on the same page. Conclusion: you can only set up the modem using a wired connection. This is supported by the instructions in the manual.
Thankyou for the Digging me down. - unitedstatians, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2you can add it to your: my #1
- Aciid, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Hey thank you this comes handy i would digg twice if i could. :)
- Jake2, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1No UK-specific brands here, such as BT, which is a bit of a shame. *continues to sadly use own WiFi*
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Well, I have been trying to get into my Westell Modem profile so I can foward my ports and I didn't know the user/pass so I was excited when I saw this, but alas... the user/pass was not correct.
- unitedstatians, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1If you have a Westell DSL routers, intructions using Westell DSL, assuming you left everything at default.
using Browser type: 192.168.1.1
login: admin
Password: password
glad I can help! - madhaha, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Correction: router not modem. Edit expired :(
- yogurtslinger, on 10/12/2007, -3/+4here ya go, i made it into an excel spreadsheet
http://www.cdwarehouseiowa.com/new/defaultpasswords.xls - Erofee, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1@ OneBagel - The list is a list of default usernames and password for different pieces of hardware such as Routers, Modems BIOS etc...
it is a great tool for a computer technician, but can be a little dangerous in the hands of a person with bad intentions. - SniperX, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1This list has proven to be indispensable in my years as an IT Consultant, definitely something you want downloaded to your thumbdrive.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1maybe default passwords depending on individual serial numbers - like some routers having a sticker with a random pass on it - would be more secure eh?
- DASH, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Copy and paste into an excel file. No problems with locking. Plus you can format it to suit your needs.
- combatchuck, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I think I know why nobody really does this for consumer devices. From the perspective of a former manufacturing floorperson/warehouser:
Q: What happens when a labeling machine skips or double-stickers a box?
A: Assuming the error was caught on the production floor, stop production and correct the error. Downtime will be minimal, hours at the most. If the error made it to QA, hold all on-floor production. Track back, piece by piece, until the problem part is found. If no defect is found on floor, perform a rework of all in-house product, probably involving a third party company. Track back to where the error occurred, implement a fix.
The cost of something like this, even at the lowest level, can be tens of thousands of dollars, for a company with less than 100 employees. And my experience is with 20-cent plastic parts, I shudder at the thought of the cost of downtime for expensive electronic equipment. Even if you were to design a perfectly foolproof (and fast enough, you can never forget that speed is critical in mass production) method for ensuring that all serial numbers and password stickers matched, there would have to be humans doing certain things where they could destroy your process.
I would be honestly amazed if some company made a consumer device with a unique password out-of-the-box. Except combination locks, of course. That's just 3 notches on a set of tumblers. - joerod, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1@ Lasker
I actually war drive all the time, I love doing it even more when I'm in another state or country. - stevecole, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1And the typos, schizophrenic use of CAPS, incomplete sort algorithm, and garish screen colors just make me want to kick someone in the ass.
- heffer2k02, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3I got the AmiBios hashing algorithm off the net and wrote a C program that scanned a dictionary file to find what the bios password was (as you could get the hash with an interrupt).
There were several words that matched, when I smugly presented these verbally to the IT guy he laughed and said I was wrong. Imagine his surprise when they all worked :) - OneBagel, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Im very sorry to be such a noob, but what are these for? (you can digg me down if you like, its just a simple question)
- lolita077, on 12/04/2007, -0/+0Very nice article
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http://eaglemax.50webs.com - monkeyness, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Useful, but the title could have been more informative...
- thnkbg, on 10/11/2007, -0/+0I got pass the default password but now its asking for a address. where am I suppose to get this address. is it my mac or ip address there asking for.
& If this is true cant they track me down by my address. -
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