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From: gandrews@netcom.COM (Greg Andrews)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: Another Telebit T-1600 Question
Summary: Power-on Reset will recover the original AT~U password
Message-ID: <1991Jun3.012334.13987@netcom.COM>
Date: 3 Jun 91 01:23:34 GMT
References: <1991Jun2.143003.5993@eecs.nwu.edu>
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In article <1991Jun2.143003.5993@eecs.nwu.edu> ptownson@delta.eecs.nwu.edu (Patrick A. Townson) writes:
>
>   [description of password security options deleted]
>
>And we are told this system password (PEP) can itself be changed,
>which is the way it should be ....
>
>But if you forget what you changed the system password to, **how do
>you recover it? **
>
>Setting all factory defaults doesn't work, powering down the modem
>does not work, etc ... nor would you want it to be that simple.
>
>

Perform a Power-On reset to the TTY configuration as described in
Chapter 3 of the manual.  The reset procedure will reset the AT~U 
password back to "PEP".

Some security-minded folks may say that isn't very secure, as anyone
could walk up to the modem, perform a reset, and then access the modem's
passwords at will.  True enough, so physical access to the modem should
be restricted if your security needs are high.  

Telebit never intended the security features as the be-all and end-all
of modem security.  Just some simple measures to add security to devices
that otherwise would be completely unprotected (e.g. radio transmitter
equipment on a mountaintop).


>  Patrick Townson

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