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Can you tell me which parts you couldn't get? I want to test my understanding - I'll see if I can explain it to you.
What is the tool being shown on slide 18? It looks like it breaks the assembly into basic blocks and shows a control flow graph based on that. Very cool tool, is it open-source?
*update I Didn't see yalls response until I refreshed the page
"...What?"
I was furious. Time Warner had left a backdoor in all their modems that gives them administrative access to my private connection. And yes -- she did alter the password remotely. She didn't seem to think there was anything wrong with this. I tried googling for relevant information, but wasn't able to find anything more than speculation at the time.
Many of Linksys' old DSL modems were manufactured by them, AFAIK.. and it seems many of the noted 'probably affected' models have a SerComm manuf'ed device for at least one revision of that model line
More probable SerComm manuf'ed devices are visible at the WD query link below..
http://wikidevi.com/w/index.php?title=Special%3AAsk&q=[[Manu...
TIL: Some people know a lot more than me about hacking. That PDF was interesting, but I only understood a small fraction of it.
I wonder if there is anyone still working in the GPL compliance department.
About a year ago I left a cable modem and internet service (Time Warner) at an apartment I was moving out of while my friend continued to stay there. I had configured the thing in a manner I thought to be fairly secure -- strong password, no broadcast, etc.. One day the internet goes down and my friend doesn't know what to do. She calls the ISP and asks them what's wrong. They say they can't release any information a…
About a year ago I left a cable modem and internet service (Time Warner) at an apartment I was moving out of while my friend continued to stay there. I had configured the thing in a manner I thought to be fairly secure -- strong password, no broadcast, etc.. One day the internet goes down and my friend doesn't know what to do. She calls the ISP and asks them what's wrong. They say they can't release any information a…
Lately cable companies have been pushing these hybrid modem/router combinations with things like wifi support built in. From a consumer standpoint, this seems very convenient, but the cable companies do this because it makes it easier for then. If you call up with an issue with "your Internet," they can remotely diagnose it and reset your modem/router. Make no mistake; they have more control over these than you do.
If you want to stop your ISP from having administrative access to your "private connection" (I assume you mean your wifi), then don't put the modem and the router in the same box. There's no other way around this.
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fortunately, on my wag160n it doesn't seem exposed to the internet
That's not to say somebody can't embed something on a web page (E.G. flash) that connects to 192.168.1.1 and enables configuration from WAN :)
With html/javascript you can send http requests to other hosts, but you can't read the response. It seems like the backdoor isn't accessed over http, so that wouldn't help you either.
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Or, you know, any $30 OpenWRT-supported router.
Tell me, either way a Soekris box or an OpenWRT compatible router, how this brings a solution to the masses.