I would say it is a shortfall in the actual modem, as the Cisco 827 you can
choose the password to be encrypted. Best to change the admin password
itself to interface with the configuration.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-adsl@unixathome.org [mailto:owner-adsl@unixathome.org]On
> Behalf Of Alistair Lambie
> Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2000 10:26 AM
> To: adsl@unixathome.org
> Subject: M1122 Service Provider password
>
>
> Hi,
>
> Just noticed that if you display the configuration under the statistics
> menu it displays your password in clear text. If it is here in clear
> text, why do they bother hiding it when you type it in on the Service
> Provider settings screen? I would have thought they should have
> disabled that. Makes it fairly easy for anyone who happens to walk up
> to a browser on your network to find your ISP password!
>
> Alistair
>
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