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Re: Intelligent modems :-(
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (John W. Temples)
Sun Mar 12 03:57:00 1995
From: john@gulfa.ods.gulfnet.kw (John W. Temples)
To: bugtraq@fc.net
Date: Sun, 12 Mar 1995 10:28:21 +0300 (GMT)
In-Reply-To: <199503112150.WAA16410@tmpwww.electrum.kth.se> from "Christian Wettergren" at Mar 11, 95 10:50:18 pm
Reply-To: john@gulfa.ods.gulfnet.kw
> Have you seen the new generation of "intelligent" modem chips?
> I just saw that it is to configure them from the remote end.
This is nothing new; most "high end" modems have supported this for
years. Of course, you can always disable and/or password protect the
feature.
> If it is in LAP-M mode, just send of AT*R to them (protected
> with a preset password of QWERTY). You may also use the command
> <1s>****<1s> analog to the +++ sequence. You may even load
I'm sure there must be a way to disable it or change the password?
But if these chips are shipped with remote configuration enabled as a
default, since it's a Rockwell set, there will probably be lots of
"vulnerable" modems out there.
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