The network administrator at Spears Technology, Inc has configured the default gateway Cisco router's access-list as below:
You are hired to conduct security testing on their network.
You successfully brute-force the SNMP community string using a SNMP crack tool.
The access-list configured at the router prevents you from establishing a successful connection.
You want to retrieve the Cisco configuration from the router. How would you proceed?

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The network administrator at Spears Technology, Inc has configured the default gateway Cisco router's access-list as below:

You are hired to conduct security testing on their network.

You successfully brute-force the SNMP community string using a SNMP crack tool.

The access-list configured at the router prevents you from establishing a successful connection.

You want to retrieve the Cisco configuration from the router. How would you proceed?

Tamilselvi R · Accepted Answer

Run a network sniffer and capture the returned traffic with the configuration file from the router

Tamilselvi R · Accepted Answer

Send a customized SNMP set request with a spoofed source IP address in the range -192.168.1.0

Tamilselvi R · Answer

Use the Cisco's TFTP default password to connect and download the configuration file

Tamilselvi R · Answer

Run Generic Routing Encapsulation (GRE) tunneling protocol from your computer to the router masking your IP address

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