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Flashing Booby-Trapped Cisco AP With OpenWRT, The Hard Way

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The Meraki AP PCB on a desk, case-less, with three USB-UARTs connected to its pins - one for interacting with the device, and two for monitoring both of the UART data lines.

Certain manufacturers seriously dislike open-source firmware for their devices, and this particular hack deals with quite extreme anti-hobbyist measures. The Meraki MR33, made by Cisco, is a nice access point …read more Continue reading Flashing Booby-Trapped Cisco AP With OpenWRT, The Hard Way→

Well-Protected USB Power Strip Makes It Easy to Plug In

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When we get a new device these days, somewhere in the package is likely to be a wall-wart USB power supply. We look for a place to plug in the little switch-mode dongle, rearrange a few plugs in the mains power strip, and curse its designers for the overly cozy …read more

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