Reversing MikroTik's Silent Patch: The RouterOS 7.23.4 Fix They Wouldn't Explain

ytch 24 points 13 comments September 05, 2026
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Discussion Highlights (4 comments)

semiquaver

God damn this writing is just a string of pure claudeisms. I can’t see the actual content because I’m cringing so hard. Why not just post the info you want to convey and the prompt? It would be easier for everyone involved.

a2ff6eeb0

It's incredible that we can have full security writeups done without a human involved at all.

realxrobau

Nick and I were at AusNOG when this dropped. Yes it was generated by AI, but it has evolved over time, and there has been at least three revisions of it. The three different issues are a username called "-2", incorrectly parsing/validating certificates, and tftp paths. There's also a dhcpd issue that was just fixed in a new release

nicko170

Wasn’t Claude - but it was AI, I don’t care. Roast me. Whatever. Would’ve taken weeks before to get to this point Now it takes just hours. Not going to lose any sleep if people don’t like the writing style. Do it yourself next time then :-) - Nick

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