Hey Bryan, good question.
Benefits
1. learn how it works
2. unblocking network ports, unlocking hidden features
3. increase upload/download speed
4. +9,400 geek-cred points, d00d. ;-)
Potential dark side
1. violate service agreement with cable company, and/or cable company thinks you have violated the agreement, you get blacklisted for life
2. some folks, but nobody on PLUG of course, might want to change the mac address of their hacked modem and then try to get free service
I thought
http://www.securityfocus.com/news/394 portrayed the case fairly well.
Regards,
Kaia Taylor
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mailto:plug-discuss-bounces@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us] On Behalf Of Bryan O'Neal
Sent: Sunday, March 13, 2011 6:49 PM
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Subject: Re: Sbhacker Cable Modems at PLUG HackFest RoundUp
Ok - school me - what benefit would I get from flashing my cable modem?
On Sun, Mar 13, 2011 at 5:24 PM, Lisa Kachold <
obnosis@gmail.com> wrote:
> SBHacker Surfboard 5100/5101 RoundUp Report:
>
> With a great deal of "can-do attitude" from Kaia Taylor, hardware
> expertise from Brad Blanette, and equipment provided by Don (not his
> real name), our HackFesters were able to work with three modems:
>
> 0) Kaia Taylor 5100 {successfully added Lite Version haxorware}
>
> 1) Don's 5101 {successfully flashed but appearing with error (see
> below)}
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> 2) Don's 5100 (no JTAG)
>
> I worked more with #1 Motorola Surfboard 5101, reflashed it with diag
> version from here:
> http://www.haxorware.com/
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> It says:
> Error: No CFG area Found!
>
> References to AMD Chip SBoards:
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> http://www.sbhacker.net/forum/index.php/topic/16152-blackcat-usb-flash
> es-intel-fine-amd-verification-errors/
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> Assumption: Bricked or memory toasted Cable Modem.
> Action: Get $newer model that works before I attempt to flash it?
>
> We will be continuing the Sbhacker games next Saturday at Noon [now
> that we know how to do it more or less] over at Gangplankhq.com, so
> bring your cable modems!
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