On Fri, 5 Feb 2010 12:49:38 +0000, Stroller wrote:

> However, you should change the WPA key of your MiFi from the factory  
> default, if you haven't already. A 'sploit was announced this week - I  
> read about it on /., I think. The MiFi uses its SSID (I think) plus  
> the manufacturing date in setting its default key, and this leads to a  
> greatly reduced pool of possible keys.

I didn't wait for an exploit to be announced, I changed it straight away.
Not only for security, but if I'd lost the card with the key, I'd have
been screwed. Now it's something I can remember.


-- 
Neil Bothwick

The world is a tragedy to those who feel, but a comedy to those who
think.(Horace Walpole)

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