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btest-rs/proto-test/btest_mitm.py
Siavash Sameni afe389ce7e Research: EC-SRP5 authentication fully reverse-engineered
Key findings:
- btest EC-SRP5 uses [len][payload] framing (NO 0x06 handler byte)
- Winbox uses [len][0x06][payload] — that one byte was the difference
- Crypto is identical: Curve25519 Weierstrass, SHA256, SRP-like key exchange
- Python prototype successfully authenticates against MikroTik RouterOS 7.x

Files:
- docs/ecsrp5-research.md: complete protocol spec, captured exchange, impl plan
- proto-test/btest_ecsrp5_client.py: working Python EC-SRP5 btest client
- proto-test/btest_mitm.py: MITM proxy used to discover the framing
- proto-test/elliptic_curves.py: Curve25519 Weierstrass (from MarginResearch)

Based on MarginResearch/mikrotik_authentication (MIT License).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-03-31 16:33:07 +04:00

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#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""
MITM proxy for btest protocol.
Sits between MikroTik client and MikroTik server, logs all bytes exchanged.
Usage:
python3 btest_mitm.py --listen 2000 --target 172.16.81.1:2000
Then point MikroTik client at THIS machine's IP on port 2000.
"""
import socket
import select
import sys
import argparse
import time
import threading
def hexdump_line(data, offset=0):
"""Format a single line of hex dump."""
hex_part = " ".join(f"{b:02x}" for b in data)
ascii_part = "".join(chr(b) if 32 <= b < 127 else "." for b in data)
return f" {offset:04x} {hex_part:<48s} {ascii_part}"
def hexdump(label, data):
"""Pretty hex dump with ASCII."""
ts = time.strftime("%H:%M:%S", time.localtime())
print(f"\n[{ts}] {label} ({len(data)} bytes)")
for i in range(0, len(data), 16):
print(hexdump_line(data[i : i + 16], i))
sys.stdout.flush()
def annotate_btest(direction, data, state):
"""Try to annotate known btest protocol messages."""
if len(data) == 4:
val = data.hex()
if val == "01000000":
return "HELLO / AUTH_OK"
elif val == "02000000":
return "AUTH_REQUIRED (MD5)"
elif val == "03000000":
state["auth_type"] = "ecsrp5"
return "AUTH_REQUIRED (EC-SRP5)"
elif val == "00000000":
return "AUTH_FAILED"
if len(data) == 16 and state.get("stage") == "command":
proto = "UDP" if data[0] == 0 else "TCP"
dirs = {1: "RX", 2: "TX", 3: "BOTH"}
d = dirs.get(data[1], f"0x{data[1]:02x}")
conn = data[3]
return f"COMMAND: proto={proto} dir={d} conn_count={conn}"
if len(data) == 2 and state.get("auth_type") == "ecsrp5":
return f"UDP port assignment: {int.from_bytes(data, 'big')}"
if state.get("auth_type") == "ecsrp5" and state.get("stage") == "ecsrp5":
if len(data) >= 33:
return f"EC-SRP5 message (likely pubkey + parity/salt)"
return None
def proxy_connection(client_sock, client_addr, target_host, target_port):
"""Handle one proxied connection."""
print(f"\n{'='*60}")
print(f"New connection from {client_addr[0]}:{client_addr[1]}")
print(f"Proxying to {target_host}:{target_port}")
print(f"{'='*60}")
try:
server_sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
server_sock.settimeout(30)
server_sock.connect((target_host, target_port))
server_sock.setsockopt(socket.IPPROTO_TCP, socket.TCP_NODELAY, 1)
except Exception as e:
print(f"Failed to connect to target: {e}")
client_sock.close()
return
state = {"stage": "hello", "msg_count": 0}
try:
while True:
readable, _, _ = select.select(
[client_sock, server_sock], [], [], 30
)
if not readable:
print("\n[TIMEOUT] No data for 30 seconds")
break
for sock in readable:
if sock is server_sock:
data = server_sock.recv(65536)
if not data:
print("\n[SERVER CLOSED]")
return
direction = "SERVER → CLIENT"
annotation = annotate_btest("s2c", data, state)
hexdump(direction, data)
if annotation:
print(f" >>> {annotation}")
# Track state
if state["stage"] == "hello" and len(data) == 4:
state["stage"] = "command"
elif state["stage"] == "auth_resp":
state["stage"] = "ecsrp5"
# Forward to client
client_sock.sendall(data)
elif sock is client_sock:
data = client_sock.recv(65536)
if not data:
print("\n[CLIENT CLOSED]")
return
direction = "CLIENT → SERVER"
annotation = annotate_btest("c2s", data, state)
hexdump(direction, data)
if annotation:
print(f" >>> {annotation}")
# Track state
if state["stage"] == "command" and len(data) == 16:
state["stage"] = "auth_resp"
state["msg_count"] += 1
# Forward to server
server_sock.sendall(data)
except (ConnectionResetError, BrokenPipeError) as e:
print(f"\n[CONNECTION ERROR] {e}")
except Exception as e:
print(f"\n[ERROR] {e}")
import traceback
traceback.print_exc()
finally:
client_sock.close()
server_sock.close()
print(f"\n{'='*60}")
print(f"Connection closed ({state['msg_count']} client messages)")
print(f"{'='*60}")
def main():
parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="btest MITM proxy")
parser.add_argument(
"-l", "--listen", type=int, default=2000, help="Listen port (default: 2000)"
)
parser.add_argument(
"-t",
"--target",
required=True,
help="Target MikroTik address:port (e.g., 172.16.81.1:2000)",
)
args = parser.parse_args()
target_parts = args.target.split(":")
target_host = target_parts[0]
target_port = int(target_parts[1]) if len(target_parts) > 1 else 2000
listener = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
listener.setsockopt(socket.SOL_SOCKET, socket.SO_REUSEADDR, 1)
listener.bind(("0.0.0.0", args.listen))
listener.listen(5)
print(f"MITM proxy listening on 0.0.0.0:{args.listen}")
print(f"Forwarding to {target_host}:{target_port}")
print(f"Point MikroTik client at this machine's IP, port {args.listen}")
print()
while True:
client_sock, client_addr = listener.accept()
client_sock.setsockopt(socket.IPPROTO_TCP, socket.TCP_NODELAY, 1)
t = threading.Thread(
target=proxy_connection,
args=(client_sock, client_addr, target_host, target_port),
daemon=True,
)
t.start()
if __name__ == "__main__":
main()