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Remote access to a DSL-2750U ADSL Router (a sort-of hack)

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Usually I use a SSH connection forwarded through my ADSL router to one of my home servers for remote access to my network. The server in question though had become un-responsive so I had no way remotely into my network.

For fun I nmap’d the public IP of my ADSL router and found the following interesting port open:

80/tcp   open   http

I thought I had switched off all the “remote” control methods on my router but clearly not, visiting the page gave me the following (scary) login screen. Continue reading →

Bookmarks for April 27th through May 7th

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These are my links for April 27th through May 7th:

Bookmarks for March 30th through April 2nd

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These are my links for March 30th through April 2nd:

Bookmarks for March 29th from 13:50 to 14:00

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These are my links for March 29th from 13:50 to 14:00:

Bookmarks for March 26th through March 29th

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These are my links for March 26th through March 29th:

Hacking an Eveready Radio

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My wife has a cheap Eveready radio that she bought to listen to Gareth Cliff on 5fm in the mornings in the office. The radio isn’t anything fancy, its a basic radio with a little digital clock on it.

The biggest problem with this radio is that it appears that the battery only lasts a few weeks and they cost R 25.00 a battery… the radio was only about R 45.00 (it didn’t come with a battery though).?The conspiracy theorists in me says the reason it goes through batteries so quickly is because its made (or at least branded by) a battery company.

Battery

Yesterday the battery started to die and the wife wanted me to buy another battery for it… Thats when I had a light bulb moment (to quote Oprah) and decided instead of buying another battery I would hack the radio to run off the mains power.

I got approval from the Wife for this project, although it couldn’t cost more than the battery or a new radio.

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