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by shabble 5173 days ago
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.

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

It's a prime number, close to 1 billion

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

Downvote? People don't watch the classics anymore!

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