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A few weeks ago, I picked this device up from the Dayton Hamvention:

https://poal.co/s/Electronics/538229

There's some programming software that goes with it, but the manufacturer keeps it under password protected zip files. I don't know why, but they do:

http://www.gorman-redlich.com/downloads/ http://www.gorman-redlich.com/Downloads/WinEASSetup202b.zip

I was able to contact said manufacturer and was given a password: GrmnDosPass - but that doesn't work. When I asked for assistance, I got a really passive-aggressive email back stating that they tried to call me but why didn't I answer the phone so they can help me. Maybe because I don't take calls without knowing who they are and random call from local area code is auto-spam? Or for half a dozen other reasons, but the place basically refused to deal with me unless they could call me. Thanks, but this isn't 1974.

So now I have a piece of software that's locked, and I've been unable to brute force the password. Are there any pieces of software that are known to work? I have to assume that it's a password similar to what was given, or perhaps the files are simply corrupt.

A few weeks ago, I picked this device up from the Dayton Hamvention: https://poal.co/s/Electronics/538229 There's some programming software that goes with it, but the manufacturer keeps it under password protected zip files. I don't know why, but they do: http://www.gorman-redlich.com/downloads/ http://www.gorman-redlich.com/Downloads/WinEASSetup202b.zip I was able to contact said manufacturer and was given a password: GrmnDosPass - but that doesn't work. When I asked for assistance, I got a really passive-aggressive email back stating that they tried to call me but why didn't I answer the phone so they can help me. Maybe because I don't take calls without knowing who they are and random call from local area code is auto-spam? Or for half a dozen other reasons, but the place basically refused to deal with me unless they could call me. Thanks, but this isn't 1974. So now I have a piece of software that's locked, and I've been unable to brute force the password. Are there any pieces of software that are known to work? I have to assume that it's a password similar to what was given, or perhaps the files are simply corrupt.

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[–] • 2 pts (edited )

Found this.

https://geekflare.com/best-zip-password-recovery-tools/

Did some more searching.... Yea dont think I can help yay anymore fren. Now I know why they only give the passwords to customers...

https://www.defensetravel.dod.mil/Docs/EAS_Setup_Guide.pdf

[–] • 1 pt

Most of those are just pre-computed stuff, like password lists. I've been going down through everything I can find and nothing's worked. It can't be terribly sophisticated, so I set one of the pay-for-play crackers on it.

I'll look through the list you have and see if there's anything new.

[–] • 0 pt

Digging into it, it's an old crypto method, should be easy to crack. I'm fully licensed to operate a device such as this, so no worries there. The link you have to the EAS is for a different system, an access system. This is a broadcast device.

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Oh cool. I was just trying to be a bro and deploy some googlefu. Saw DOD shit and was nope gonna dip out. haha

[–] • 1 pt

Yeah, it's not as thrilling as it look, tho. That's a (credit) card management portal with special instructions for gubbmint idjits.