Re: Undocumented telnet access to Brother HL-2280DW

[Celejar <celejar@gmail.com>]

On Mon, 30 Dec 2013 18:53:01 +0400
Reco <recoverym4n@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Mon, 30 Dec 2013 07:17:49 -0500
> Celejar <celejar@gmail.com> wrote:
> > 
> > Not sure - even the process to upload new firmware doesn't give a
> > firmware file, just an .exe "upload tool" - don't know if the firmware
> > is embedded therein, or if it tries to download it from somewhere. I
> > ran strings against it, but couldn't find anything for '23' or 'telnet':
> > 
> > http://welcome.solutions.brother.com/bsc/public/us/us_ot/en/dlf/download_index.html?reg=us&c=us_ot&lang=en&prod=hl2280dw_us&type2=4&os=all&flang=all&dlid=
> > 
> 
> The file itself, BrMain480.exe, is a self-extracting rar archive.
> FirmwareUpdater.exe it contains is a simple downloader (does not
> include anything which looks like a firmware, judging by objdump
> output).
> Configuration xml res/BrUpdSys.xml seems to contain the actual download
> link, namely:
> <FileGet_URL>https://firmverup.brother.co.jp/kne_bh7_update_nt_ssl/ifax2.asmx/fileUpdate</FileGet_URL>
> 
> That url apparently needs some additional parameters (printer model?),
> but I can see no hints on what they could be.

Thanks much for the help; I'm at an impasse here, but am willing to try
further suggestions.

> Reco

Celejar