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»Home DSL Routers At Risk Of CSRF Attack

Log into your 4200 or 5200 at »192.168.254.254/ to get started. Under Setup, click on "Admin User" and change the Password from "admin" to something else between 5 to 8 characters in both fields "New Password:" and "Confirm Password:" and change the access level to "Require admin login to access entire web site" so it matches the image below. Click on "Save Settings" and you are done.




From now on when you login to the 5200 or 4200 you will be prompted for Username and Password as the image below shows, make sure the "Use Password Manager to remember these values." is unchecked for security.




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by Doctor Olds
last modified: 2009-01-08 07:42:20