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Hacking the Actiontec 56k Modem/Gateway

Posted by michael on from the dsl-backup dept.

william_lorenz writes "The Actiontec Dual 56k External Modem is an inexpensive device with a built-in 56k modem and two Ethernet ports that can be used as an Internet gateway of sorts. What's great about it is that it runs some form of uClinux, it's easily hackable, and Greg Boehnlein of the Linux Users Group of Cleveland and NOOSS fame recently contributed a detailed report on his findings! Pictures of the board are also available here, here, and here. Lots of specific details are included in Greg's article, and there's been some further discussions about this on the LUGC mailing lists."

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  1. Let the comments begin! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Jeez...

    Slashdotted already.. this article's gonna set the record for redundant posts.

    Yes, we KNOW his server MUST be behind that 56k modem.

    Right, now that we've got that out of the way...

  2. Hmm... other products by Empiric · · Score: 5, Funny

    Personally, I'm more intrigued by the company's anti-kidnapping technology. I'll sleep easier once that's out of the way.

    --
    ~ Whence do you come, slayer of men, or where are you going, conqueror of space?
  3. Sponsored by AT&T by madsen · · Score: 4, Funny
    From the ActionTec site:
    the External Dual PC Modem keeps you connected longer, and faster.
  4. This is a severe DMCA violation. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I will be reporting these Lunix hackers to the DMCA/Homeland Security/Bill Gates Tribunal post haste. This blatant and illegal toying with private Intellectual Property is getting out of hand.

  5. They say it's hackable by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    "it's easily hackable"

    If only we could hack it into a 256k modem...

  6. Re:Is the page being served by that modem? by amcguinn · · Score: 4, Funny

    What next? RAID-5 using a stack of 8 inch floppies?

    Too late