full-disclosure - Re: Ip address and mac address hardcoded

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Date: Sat, 16 Nov 2013 15:18:20 -0800
From: coderman <coderman@...il.com>
To: mramelie@...hmail.com
Cc: Full Disclosure <full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk>
Subject: Re: Ip address and mac address hardcoded

On Sat, Nov 16, 2013 at 3:59 AM,  <mramelie@...hmail.com> wrote:
> ... I come acrosss an ip address and a
> mac address hardcoded in some libraries of a firmware for a vendor. Why
> should it be there this kind of hardcode?

i've seen this done for testing purposes, when running hardware
through a quality check harness which needs such static configuration.

what is the IP? (publicly route-able or internal only?)
what is the MAC OUI prefix? (valid vendor or some arbitrary unallocated ident?)

answering these questions would help identify test vs. backdoor intent...

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