[ILUG] router possibly running linux/*nix

[Gavin McCullagh]

Hi,

On Sun, 08 May 2005, Paul Jakma wrote:

> It mostly seems to be Linux, but that's not enough to go on. Could be a
> BSD derivative or some other embedded OS (most of which are not
> completely un-unixish, eg VxWorks).

I see.  Didn't know about VxWorks.

> >  nmap can make a guess at the OS.  I guess I can look at the headers
> >  from it's little webserver.
> 
> nmap -O?

Exactly, but I'd be rather surprised if it had a fingerprint for a router
like this.

> You really to find the firmware though.

Yes and there's no sign of it on the website.

> >I've heard of people using strings on the firmware
> 
> That wont always help, eg if its using Squashfs or some such. (Or if its
> compressed). Trick then is to look through it for the appropriate magic
> (eg gzip, bzip, squashfs, romfs, etc..).

> Get thee thy hands on the firmware, somehow.

I think I have it.  Linked off this page:

http://www.e-tech.nu/support/firmware.htm

I unzipped it and had a quick look at TEMP.DLF.  The first piece of it
contains the string "VXWORKS.Z".  I think that answers the question about
the kernel.  Whether the other software within it is all non-GPL is another
question but all seems to check out so far.

Thanks for the pointers folks,

Gavin

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