Yep this is being talked about on other forums and most likely at least for comcast the modem will be EOL'ed they have already done this with the rental version of the 6141. Also the 6121 also has the same issue but has already been put at end of life status by comcast. Not sure what other providers plan to do.
Like i said not sure what other providers might do. I know comcast seems to be in a hurry to get rid of 4x4 and some 8x4 modems and certainly all D-2 modems. Not sure who you have for an ISP but comcast here is set to roll out D-3.1 in my market before the end of this year. Time will tell i know one of the higher end employess from Arris i am sure by Monday he will have some word on this.
I think TWC has know about this for a while. When I upgraded my service to 300 meg several months ago the TWC guy brought me a Ubee modem. I asked about the Motorola modem. He said they had issues now and the Ubee is what we are going with now. You can still access the Ubee web page but there is no reboot available without putting in a password.
Since 192.168.100.1 is a private IP address the person rebooting your modem has to be on site and have access to your network with an IP address which works with your network.
I think TWC has know about this for a while. When I upgraded my service to 300 meg several months ago the TWC guy brought me a Ubee modem. I asked about the Motorola modem. He said they had issues now and the Ubee is what we are going with now. You can still access the Ubee web page but there is no reboot available without putting in a password.
Since 192.168.100.1 is a private IP address the person rebooting your modem has to be on site and have access to your network with an IP address which works with your network.
The article I read said that the reboot was accomplished by tricking someone on your LAN to click a on file name, which in reality wasn't a file but was in fact a command sent to your modem forcing the reboot/reset.
This is partially a Window's issue because it doesn't warn you the the .jpg file you thought you were opening isn't a picture but a command to your modem.
The weakest link in security always seems to be the people.
Since 192.168.100.1 is a private IP address the person rebooting your modem has to be on site and have access to your network with an IP address which works with your network.
Assuming you are logged in, if I put a URL link in my post (image tag maybe?) to hxxp://192.168.100.1/PortForwarding.asp?add=true&extPort=27374&intPort=80&intIP=192.168.100.1 I could theoretically have access to your router.
Hmm, maybe that cable company that starts with Com and ends with st that we all like to bash is benevolent after all. I can no longer browse to 192.168.100.1
No patches to router so I must conclude the modem is patched.
