That would be very unfortunate. But look at the bright side, there are unlimited tries. So even if youâd have to try all combinations with one second steps, with lets say extra two minutes for each, in addition to button holding time, it can be done in about 22 hours (if Iâm counting correctly). So it depends if the device is SXT or CCR1072. It would be worth it to hire some cheap labor to play with the latter.
Seemingly obvious flaw is that it would be also worth it for thief, but I guess itâs easier to steal outside mounted SXT than something expensive thatâs more likely to be locked in server room, so the feature would still make sense to me.
What I donât get is what useful reformat-hold-button actually does if it works according to latest official explanation.
protected-routerboot - This is the protection against unauthorized access. Enable it and you canât change boot or do netinstall, nothing except boot to installed RouterOS. I think the description in wiki is very clear (with one exception, see below).
reformat-hold-button - My âthief repelentâ theory might of course be completely wrong, but there has to be some reason why this option exists, right? Whatâs the advantage of configurable reset delay, compared to fixed e.g. 30 seconds?
Description for protected-rooterboot says â[to reformat the device] you have to know the reset button hold time in secondsâ and right after that, description for reformat-hold-button denies it by saing âEven if reformat-hold-button time is forgotten, holding the reset button for more than 300s will allow you to perform reformatâ. I canât help it, I find it confusing.
Even if reformat-hold-button time is forgotten, holding the reset button for more than 300s will allow you to perform reformat.
is no longer valid after recently adding this:
reformat-hold-button-max (5s .. 600s; Default: 10m) Increase the security even further by setting the max hold time, this means that you must release the reset button within a specified time interval. If you set t he âreformat-hold-buttonâ to 60s and âreformat-hold-button-maxâ to 65s, it will mean that you must hold the button 60 to 65 seconds, not less and not more, making guesses impossible. Introduced in RouterBOOT 3.38.3
So even if youâd have to try all combinations with one second steps, with lets say extra two minutes for each, in addition to button holding time, it can be done in about 22 hours (if Iâm counting correctly). So it depends if the device is SXT or CCR1072. It would be worth it to hire some cheap labor to play with the latter.