From: Razvan Teslaru (razvan.teslaru@risc.ro)
Date: Wed Feb 05 2003 - 02:49:51 EST
Hi all,
Recently I was conducting a penetration test which involved, among other
things, testing a PBX. We were able to subvert normal operation and
force a conference call upon an ongoing conversation. Which, in turn,
sparked the idea that modem communications could be intercepted (at
least in part) through this (or other) means.
That leads us to my question: once you have, through whatever means, an
intercepted full duplex 56kbps data transmission between 2 modems, what
can you do with it in terms of off-line analysis/decoding?
I never thought of this as a real problem until now, but being faced
with the question, I'm having a tough time coming up with an answer. :)
PS: The PBX I was talking about was a Mitel. Finishing that pen-test
left me with a feeling of disconfort about many many things, but that,
my friends, is another thread. :)
Razvan Teslaru
Romanian IT Security Company
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
This list is provided by the SecurityFocus Security Intelligence Alert (SIA)
Service. For more information on SecurityFocus' SIA service which
automatically alerts you to the latest security vulnerabilities please see:
https://alerts.securityfocus.com/
This archive was generated by hypermail 2.1.7 : Sat Apr 12 2008 - 10:53:27 EDT