If you're a Versatel customer and wondering what's going on inside the Raisecom RAX701-GC, here's a fun one.
Apparently, the firmware exposes a superuser login function that can be invoked directly from the VxWorks shell.
- Connect a serial console
- USB-A to USB-A cable 🤪 (shows up as USB peripheral, as a serial adapter)
- 9600 baud, 8N1
- Boot the device.