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Curious how the password generator got leaked... an insider?
by bootz15 15y ago
Curious how the password generator got leaked... an insider?
- seanp2k2 15y agoor a smart reverser :)
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- lawnchair_larry 15y agoIt wasn't leaked. The obvious vulnerability made it trivial to write up a script to demonstrate it, which is all the researcher did.
- shabble 15y agoThe algorithm looks pretty trivial. All it does is take the mac address, reverse the byte ordering, and use the result modulo 999999929. That's probably simple enough that even I could read it in assembly and figure it out. I don't know if getting a firmware image is difficult, but the actual generator certainly isn't the hard part here. I'm wondering if that modulo value has any meaning - looking at it in a few different formats hasn't immediately struck any sparks with me.
- excuse-me 15y agoThat's the sort of password an idiot would have on their luggage ....... Downvote? People don't watch the classics anymore!
- Tomis02 15y agoYou're on a forum full of self-important humourless people, what did you expect? Mind the downvotes.
- mkup 15y ago> I'm wondering if that modulo value has any meaning It's a prime number, close to 1 billion