RE: Serial Connection Password Cracker.

From: Greg (gregat_private)
Date: Tue May 14 2002 - 12:18:34 PDT

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    Software such as the following will let you to TCP 'connections' to a serial
port.

http://www.tglmicro.com/Inet2Com.htm

This is a tcp socket server that redirects all I/O to a serial port. It's
commerical, however there is a 30-day eval.





> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lists [mailto:fw1-listat_private]
> Sent: 13 May 2002 22:56
> To: pen-testat_private; CMichalat_private
> Subject: Re: Serial Connection Password Cracker.
>
>
> If you could somehow get it attached to the network (e.g. use nc
> to connect
> the serial port to a listening "socket") you could then try something like
> brutus (http://www.hoobie.net/brutus/) and a word list, i think LC3
> (http://www.atstake.com) had a nice one. I had to do something
> similar once,
> and i used a linux console server program to allow me to "telnet" to the
> serial port, you might even be able to fudge something together
> with a copy
> of minicom if you have a linux box to hand - then just point brutus at it.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <CMichalat_private>
> To: <pen-testat_private>
> Sent: Monday, May 13, 2002 7:24 PM
> Subject: Serial Connection Password Cracker.
>
>
> > I'm looking for a program that can do a dictionary based attack on a
> > device that is connected to a laptop via com port, serial port.
> > Its a piece of hardware that has no lockout after successive bad
> > passwords and there is no delay between try's.
> > If there isn't a cracking program out there with this capability I guess
> > I will have to write some software that will do it.
> >
> > Its a Panasonic KX-TVS75 phone system to be exact, I have the piece of
> > hardware in my possession but I forgot the console password.
> >
> > -C
> >
> >
> >
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