well maybe your ISP uses a Token Ring network which got broken and now the Token is missing...just joking...anyway, some ISP's provide a default username and password to be used only to register your account in the network, or testing your bandwidth...If that's the case it's surely a security issue, but it's your ISP that should be worried about... Regards, Miguel Albuquerque Network Administrator CODaLIS SA Chemin de Trèfle-Blanc 18 1228 Plan-Les-Ouates / CH TEL : +41 22 827 30 80 FAX : +41 22 827 30 33 http://www.codalis.ch DISCLAIMER - This message is intended for the use of the named person only. The information contained in this E-mail is confidential and any disclosure, copying, distribution or taking any action in reliance on the contents of this information is strictly prohibited. This message does not represent a formal commitment by Codalis SA. Codalis SA is neither liable for the proper and complete transmission of the information contained in this communication nor for any delay in its receipt. Raicu Andi 13.12.2005 09:17 To suse-security@suse.com cc Subject [suse-security] PPPoE. Is this illegal what has happened to my pc? (really security stuff) Hello all. I live in Romania, in the city of Pitesti. There, the (probably) best ISP is RDS. Now, RDS gives us internet trough PPPoE, which requires an user and a password. Since it's the hollidays now, I forgot to pay my bill and they cut my account off. I'm SURE I haven't payed it. After a fresh format (installing SUSE10), when I was installing, I set-up my pppoe connection (dsl-like). After the installation is done... suprize: I could browse the web. BUT kinternet reports me that I'm NOT connected, and I don't have other ways of connecting, and I don't know other accounts. When I downloaded the ISOs, sometimes windows reseted the pc (stupid win!) and some rpm were corrupted (kernel source, kpim etc.) and were not installed due to the md5 checks. I usually have 128kbps and download with 15-16KB/s, but now I have like 4-5KB/s. I can't understand what is going on! Please excuse me if this is not a security-related issue (even I can't explain how I got connected to the net...) , but I gotto find out what has happened. Thank you all in advance! -- Check the headers for your unsubscription address For additional commands, e-mail: suse-security-help@suse.com Security-related bug reports go to security@suse.de, not here