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jilleb / mib2-toolbox

The ultimate MIB2-HIGH toolbox.
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[QUESTION] GPL source code #156

Closed nrobert13 closed 3 years ago

nrobert13 commented 3 years ago

Hey Guys,

first of all, thanks for this great repo. I was wondering, if these units are running linux under the hood, aren't the sellers ( VW, SEAT, SKODA, AUDI ) obliged to provide the source code of OSS running on the units?

If so, have anyone already requested them?

andrewleech commented 3 years ago

The MIB units aren't actually running Linux, they're built on QNX.

QNX is a proprietary OS more similar to NetBSD than Linux, it's quite popular in the automotive industry.

Either way, it's not GPL so they're not subject to those kinds of disclosure requirements, which is over of the main reasons companies pay to use QNX.

nrobert13 commented 3 years ago

thanks for the quick and detailed reply.

nrobert13 commented 3 years ago

hey guys,

sorry for reopening this issue. I saw there's a way to enable ssh on the units, so I connected to my cars wlan, and tried

telnet 10.173.189.71 22
Trying 10.173.189.71...
Connected to 10.173.189.71.
Escape character is '^]'.
SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_7.6p1 Ubuntu-4ubuntu0.3

I'm a bit confused now, about 2 things:

  1. I understood the ssh has to be enabled on the units, I didn't enable it, but apparently it is already enabled.
  2. The welcome string on the ssh port reveals that it's an Ubuntu system.

Am I missing something here, or is it actually strange?

andrewleech commented 3 years ago

Where did you get that IP address, can you confirm it from the IP addresses printout in GEM?

All of the MIB firmware images I've inspected (from VW, Skoda, Audi) are definitely QNX, not Ubuntu, and none of them include SSH by default.

nrobert13 commented 3 years ago

Sorry, my bad. That was the IP acquired by my laptop from the unit. The units IP is actually 10.173.189.1, and no ssh port open ...