The research archive

Collected observations.

Vulnerabilities, reverse engineering, and the boundaries of complex systems.

5 results

Protocol Dissection

Behind the Peplink management plane.

Mapping CGI authentication, WTP, remote administration tunnels, and traffic flows on the Pepwave Balance 1350, with the full reverse-engineering record.

2024-03-26 · 14 min read
Firmware Reversing

Inside the CenturyLink firmware.

Investigating OpenWrt authentication, configuration decryption, RIP, MTD/NVRAM, and device-key derivation, including experiments and unresolved boundaries.

2024-08-10 · 12 min read
Firmware Reversing

Inside the Ruijie S5760X.

Tracing RGOS firmware extraction, HTTP services, Lua handlers, and authentication flows, with decompiled code, debugging records, and original screenshots.

2023-06-24 · 12 min read
Vulnerability Research

Following the DSR-250N request path.

Following historical CVEs, the firmware filesystem, and HTTP request handling to investigate DSR-250N overflow candidates and document the debugging process.

2023-11-02 · 8 min read

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