I have personally seen that a lot of "cheap" point to multipoint contended access VSAT modems have very little security on them. Would not be surprised in the

I have personally seen that a lot of "cheap" point to multipoint contended access VSAT modems have very little security on them. Would not be surprised in the slightest if something like a new firmware load or configuration push coming from the hub of the network was not properly validated by the modems using a secure crypto key/signature method. Keep in mind that what we're talking about here is the European equivalent of the viasat/hughesnet/wildblue low cost, highly contended access geostationary vsat modem service. It's about the cheapest possible thing you can buy that is two way IP data via geostationary at 64:1 oversubscription ratio or more. There are very demanding economics factors in play that require the company to make the end user terminal hardware as absolutely cheap as possible, for all of the sub components (physical dish/mounting, LNB, Tx/BUC/SSPA, cabling, and modem).