In the process of investigating a Cisco ATA 186 that was locked by Vonage, I found that you can still unlock the device yourself. But there's a catch. The device's design has a great plus: a DIP32 *socketed* SST28SF040A flash chip. I found an 8 digit unlock code at 0x03FA71-0x03FA78. I do not know if that is a standard location. If you have the equipment, you're in luck. But IMHO, the $15 fee is more than reasonable .. and certainly less than what it would cost to get a device to read/write these flash chips.
I asked Vonage about unlocking it and they refused to. They don't offer an unlock service for $15. Matt -----Original Message----- From: asterisk-users-admin@lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-admin@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Lion Templin Sent: Wednesday, December 24, 2003 2:53 PM To: asterisk-users@lists.digium.com Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Unlocking Vonage ATA 186 In the process of investigating a Cisco ATA 186 that was locked by Vonage, I found that you can still unlock the device yourself. But there's a catch. The device's design has a great plus: a DIP32 *socketed* SST28SF040A flash chip. I found an 8 digit unlock code at 0x03FA71-0x03FA78. I do not know if that is a standard location. If you have the equipment, you're in luck. But IMHO, the $15 fee is more than reasonable .. and certainly less than what it would cost to get a device to read/write these flash chips. _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
this security hole has been around for some time http://www.securiteam.com/securitynews/5PP0G0K75U.html Lion Templin wrote:> In the process of investigating a Cisco ATA 186 that was locked by > Vonage, I found that you can still unlock the device yourself. But > there's a catch. > > The device's design has a great plus: a DIP32 *socketed* SST28SF040A > flash chip. I found an 8 digit unlock code at 0x03FA71-0x03FA78. I do > not know if that is a standard location. > > If you have the equipment, you're in luck. But IMHO, the $15 fee is > more than reasonable .. and certainly less than what it would cost to > get a device to read/write these flash chips. > > _______________________________________________ > Asterisk-Users mailing list > Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users-- FREE Unlimited Worldwide Voip calling set-up an account and start saving today! http://www.voippages.com ext. 1003 http://www.pulver.com/fwd/ ext. 83740