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Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2013 23:32:53 +1000
Subject: Re: crack a router passcode
From: Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
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On Tue, Jul 9, 2013 at 11:23 PM, Ferrous Cranus <nikos@superhost.gr> wrote:
> Could python somehow brute force http://192.168.1.1/login.php giving user
> and pass trying to guess the password?
>
> Could it be able to pass values to the input boxes of router's web login
> interface?

It certainly could. It's just simple HTTP requests, which Python
handles admirably. But this request was sent by a spambot and doesn't
need a response.

ChrisA