[bootz15]

Curious how the password generator got leaked... an insider?

[shabble]

The algorithm looks pretty trivial. All it does is take the mac address, reverse the byte ordering, and use the result modulo 999999929.

That's probably simple enough that even I could read it in assembly and figure it out. I don't know if getting a firmware image is difficult, but the actual generator certainly isn't the hard part here.

I'm wondering if that modulo value has any meaning - looking at it in a few different formats hasn't immediately struck any sparks with me.

[mkup]

> I'm wondering if that modulo value has any meaning

It's a prime number, close to 1 billion

[excuse-me]

That's the sort of password an idiot would have on their luggage .......

Downvote? People don't watch the classics anymore!

[Tomis02]

You're on a forum full of self-important humourless people, what did you expect? Mind the downvotes.

[lawnchair_larry]

It wasn't leaked. The obvious vulnerability made it trivial to write up a script to demonstrate it, which is all the researcher did.

[seanp2k2]

or a smart reverser :)