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Originally Posted by JoeD
If that's the case, I still cannot see how you can have half a million email addresses within a 37KB file. Unless the file is firstly compressed (which you've not mentioned it been, we're just assuming so) and secondly contains an incredible amount of duplication. Which even with large numbers of repeated domains wouldn't be sufficient due to the need for unique name parts.
In addition, the 87KB apache example seems rather low unless the server is rarely used if it is indeed holding 7 years of access. The apache servers I run hold at most 30 days before their logs are rotated and compressed.
We're not talking about cisco routers though, but consumer routers. Many of which don't support SSH, some of which may not even provide telnet access. Nobody is questioning your claim of getting logs out of your router (as there are routers that provide extra space for logging), but your claim of any router.
Why would I want a port number or password? Not that we'd need you to provide either since you've said they're using default user/pass (which btw is a bad idea, XSS browser exploits have been used to attack routers from within networks and allow outside attackers a foothold, attacks which only worked due to either default passwords been used, or unpatched firmware with known vulnerabilities)
Either way, that's nothing to do with the discussion of log sizes. What we asked for, was the command you ran to access the logs, which you've finally answered, you use a text editor to open the log file (e.g vi). That suggests you're not using "consumer" routers.
Most consumer routers will not have such a utility available. The two consumer routers I have don't even have telnet access, the one non-consumer router I have (bottom end and not a cisco) does have telnet (yes it's insecure  ) but is not running anything that allows file system access.
Sure, you don't have to prove anything, but the claims you made taken at face value don't add up. Either you've made a mistake, we've misunderstood, or there's more to it that we're missing. The only way we can find which of those it is by asking you for more specifics. If you're not interested, fair enough. |
I personally am talking about consumer routers, and that capabilty has been in every single one I have dealt with. The reason I mentioned the Cisco router is because Rob Lister here continues to ask how to do this with his router. This, of course, would be silly anyway because I believe he stated that he is running dd-wrt, which should have all of that built-in. Even if it does not have SSH on his dd-wrt, it doesn't matter because he completely replaced the software in the router anyway.