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Inspecting binary data in the Action Tec Router

What's inside the router?

 

Activate telnet access to the router from the router control panel

  • Advanced Section

  • Local Administration

  • Check telnet box

(Note the telnet port - by default it's 23 (std), but possible ti change)

 

Connect to the router from inside your firewall

  • telnet 192.168.1.1  <telnet port (if not 23)>

 

Dump FIOS config memory to screen (in telnet session use these commands)

  • flash  

  • layout

  • dump -s 0 -l 10000

 

00000090: 00 00 00 00 28 72 67 5f  66 61 63 74 6f 72 79 0d  |....(rg_factory.|

000000a0: 0a 20 20 28 73 79 73 74  65 6d 0d 0a 20 20 20 20  |.  (system..    |

000000b0: 28 70 61 6e 69 63 5f 74  69 6d 65 6f 75 74 28 31  |(panic_timeout(1|

000000c0: 29 29 0d 0a 20 20 29 0d  0a 20 20 28 61 64 6d 69  |))..  )..  (admi|

000000d0: 6e 0a 20 20 20 20 28 75  73 65 72 0a 20 20 20 20  |n.    (user.    |

000000e0: 20 20 28 30 0a 20 20 20  20 20 20 20 28 75 73 65  |  (0.       (use|

000000f0: 72 6e 61 6d 65 28 61 64  6d 69 6e 29 29 0a 20 20  |rname(admin)).  |

00000100: 20 20 20 20 20 28 70 61  73 73 77 6f 72 64 28 26  |     (password(&|

00000110: xx xx 3b 26 xx xx 3b 26  xx xx 3b 26 xx xx 3b 26  |xx;&xx;&xx;&xx;&|

00000120: xx xx 3b 26 xx xx 3b 26  xx xx 3b 26 xx xx 3b 29  |xx;&xx;&xx;&xx;)|

00000130: 29 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20  29 0a 20 20 20 20 29 0a  |).      ).    ).|

00000140: 20 20 29 0a 20 20 28 6e  65 74 77 6f 72 6b 0d 0a  |  ).  (network..|

 

Sample of firmware dump. (xx is edited output)

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