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Alcatel ADSL modem with firewalling off

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Checks Alcatel ADSL modem protection

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

On the Alcatel Speed Touch Pro ADSL modem, a protection mechanism
feature is available to ensure that nobody can gain remote access
to the modem (via the WAN/DSL interface). This mechanism guarantees
that nobody from outside your network can access the modem and
change its settings.

The protection is currently not activated on your system.

Solution : Telnet to this modem and adjust the security
settings as follows:
=> ip config firewalling on
=> config save

More information : http://www.alcatel.com/consumer/dsl/security.htm

Network Security Threat Level: High

Networks Security ID: 2568

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