Re: DSL modems used for pen-testing

From: David Moisan (dmoisan@davidmoisan.org)
Date: Wed Jul 09 2003 - 19:21:10 EDT


At 02:16 PM 7/9/2003 -0700, Jay D. Dyson wrote:
>- -Jay
>
>1. Email support@zyxel.com - their Web and FTP sites seem to have
> firmware available for everything _but_ the Prestige 643. Weird.

Be aware that many DSL providers offer customized modems to their customers
that may or may not be anything like the retail product. Westell is known
for this, and apparently Zxyel, too.

I can imagine this making the difference for some situations.

Take care,

Dave

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