Re: Intelligent modems :-(

[phil () compnews co uk (Phil Male)]

On Sun, 12 Mar 1995, John W. Temples wrote:

> > Have you seen the new generation of "intelligent" modem chips?
> > I just saw that it is to configure them from the remote end.
>
> This is nothing new; most "high end" modems have supported this for
> years.  Of course, you can always disable and/or password protect the
> feature. 
>
> > If it is in LAP-M mode, just send of AT*R to them (protected
> > with a preset password of QWERTY). You may also use the command
> > <1s>****<1s> analog to the +++ sequence. You may even load 
>
> I'm sure there must be a way to disable it or change the password?

There is - I had this conversation over a year ago here and if I had the 
manuals to hand I'd tell you want it is (well on the modems we use 
anyway) - but it is documentated in the manuals.

> But if these chips are shipped with remote configuration enabled as a
> default, since it's a Rockwell set, there will probably be lots of
> "vulnerable" modems out there.

Almost certainly - I seem to remember it is the default on the Miracom 
modems we were buying at the time.

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