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The blue-merle package enhances anonymity and reduces forensic traceability of the GL-E750 Mudi 4G mobile wi-fi router
BSD 3-Clause "New" or "Revised" License
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FYI: `blue-merle` should be compatible with GL-E750 Mudi version 3.217 #8

Closed 6t8k closed 11 months ago

6t8k commented 1 year ago

blue-merle should be compatible with GL-E750 Mudi version 3.217 from 2023-05-08 02:41:42 (UTC+00:00) / sha256: 5dab717c1b418b5da4613bce6d82949d9a3defadc53e660fef08d1febe6e93d3 (from here).

This is how I performed the update and arrived at this conclusion:

  1. Initial condition: GL-E750 Mudi version 3.215 with blue-merle_1.0.0-1_mips_24kc.ipk installed
  2. Uninstalled blue-merle_1.0.0-1_mips_24kc.ipk
  3. Updated GL-E750 Mudi to version 3.217
  4. The following files are the only ones that already exist without blue-merle, and are modified by it. diff'd those after step 2 against the versions of them after step 1 - there were zero differences:
    1. /www/src/temple/settings/index.html
    2. /www/src/temple/settings/index.js
    3. /usr/bin/switchaction
    4. /usr/bin/switch_queue
  5. Installed blue-merle_1.0.0-1_mips_24kc.ipk
  6. Did a superficial check of the admin panel to see if the change introduced by blue-merle looks as it should
  7. Executed the pysical toggle button variant of generating and assigning a different IMEI, which still worked
  8. Used the Mudi for a couple of days without issues

Please note, however, that this does not prove that everything works as it should. Use this information at your own risk.

mollyuser commented 1 year ago

Is there anywhere a video or a noob explaination on how to install this to the mudi ? Can this be done by using a macbook? And after the bkue merle is installed, can u switch imei without connecting the mudi back to a laptop and use commands? Hope someone can help a noob

muelli commented 11 months ago

Is there anywhere a video or a noob explaination on how to install this to the mudi ? Can this be done by using a macbook? And after the bkue merle is installed, can u switch imei without connecting the mudi back to a laptop and use commands? Hope someone can help a noob

it can certainly be done with a Macbook. Currently, you need to copy the .ipkg onto the device (most likely via scp), then SSH onto the device and install the .ipkg. It should also be possible to upload the .ipkg through the OpenWRT web interface (System → Advanced Settings → System → Software) and install from there.

And yes, the hardware switch allows for the changing the IMEI without having to touch a computer by toggling the hardware switch.

muelli commented 11 months ago

Let me close this because the check has been relaxed in this PR.