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. > -- > John W. Temples, III || Providing the only public access Internet > Gulfnet Kuwait || site in the Arabian Gulf region > ___/ / /_/) / Phil Male, Technical Director, Information Systems / /_ '/ PA data Design, The Bishops Manor, Howden, DN14 7BL / / /// Tel: UK 01 430 488 288 Fax: UK 01 430 433 111