On Sun, 2011-05-15 at 11:56 +1200, Nick Rout wrote: > I am a bit reluctant to ask this, but I see no other way out. If > people know the answer but don't want to publicly display their > cracking skills, feel free to email me offlist. > > I have a guruplug server which is a plug device, runs linux. Trouble > is I reset the root password to something I have forgotten. There is > no way to boot it in single user mode, or any other boot hacks that > one might employ on a x86 machine. The only way in is a proprietary > jtag connector which is <<expensive>> and needs to be shipped from > somewhere else in the world. > > The only way I can think of getting in is that it runs ssh by default, > and I need to do a dictionary attack. Can anyone tell me where to get > software that might do this? > > ports open are: > > nick@dell:~$ nmap 192.168.1.1 > > Starting Nmap 5.00 ( http://nmap.org ) at 2011-05-15 11:53 NZST > Interesting ports on 192.168.1.1: > Not shown: 993 closed ports > PORT STATE SERVICE > 21/tcp open ftp > 22/tcp open ssh > 53/tcp open domain > 80/tcp open http > 111/tcp open rpcbind > 139/tcp open netbios-ssn > 445/tcp open microsoft-ds > > So if it's easier to do with ftp, thats an option too. > Is it just running as a web server? If so, is there the possibility of saving the content, and then performing a reset? The passwd() function is set to have an increasing delay after each incorrect password which is going to cause you more and more frustration if attempting to crack using a single process in a serial manner.
Just as a completely off the wall suggestion, you don't see any of the drives when plugged into another linux box do you?? Steve -- Steve Holdoway <[email protected]> http://www.greengecko.co.nz MSN: [email protected] Skype: sholdowa _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.canterbury.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
