---
-- This module takes care of the authentication used in SMB (LM, NTLM, LMv2, NTLMv2).
--
-- There is a lot to this functionality, so if you're interested in how it works, read
-- on.
-- In SMB authentication, there are two distinct concepts. Each will be dealt with
-- separately. There are:
-- * Stored hashes
-- * Authentication
--
-- What's confusing is that the same names are used for each of those.
--
-- Stored Hashes:
-- Windows stores two types of hashes: Lanman and NT Lanman (or NTLM). Vista and later
-- store NTLM only. Lanman passwords are divided into two 7-character passwords and
-- used as a key in DES, while NTLM is converted to unicode and MD4ed.
--
-- The stored hashes can be dumped in a variety of ways (pwdump6, fgdump, Metasploit's
-- priv
module, smb-psexec.nse
, etc). Generally, two hashes are dumped together
-- (generally, Lanman:NTLM). Sometimes, Lanman is empty and only NTLM is given. Lanman
-- is never required.
--
-- The password hashes can be given instead of passwords when supplying credentials;
-- this is done by using the smbhash
argument. Either a pair of hashes
-- can be passed, in the form of Lanman:NTLM, or a single hash, which is assumed to
-- be NTLM.
--
-- Authentication:
-- There are four types of authentication. Confusingly, these have the same names as
-- stored hashes, but only slight relationships. The four types are Lanmanv1, NTLMv1,
-- Lanmanv2, and NTLMv2. By default, Lanmanv1 and NTLMv1 are used together in most
-- applications. These Nmap scripts default to NTLMv1 alone, except in special cases,
-- but it can be overridden by the user.
--
-- Lanmanv1 and NTLMv1 both use DES for their response. The DES mixes a server challenge
-- with the hash (Lanman hash for Lanmanv1 response and NTLMv1 hash for NTLM response).
-- The way the challenge is DESed with the hashes is identical for Lanmanv1 and NTLMv1,
-- the only difference is the starting hash (Lanman vs NTLM).
--
-- Lanmanv2 and NTLMv2 both use HMAC-MD5 for their response. The HMAC-MD5 mixes a
-- server challenge and a client challenge with the NTLM hash, in both cases. The
-- difference between Lanmanv2 and NTLMv2 is the length of the client challenge;
-- Lanmanv2 has a maximum client challenge of 8 bytes, whereas NTLMv2 doesn't limit
-- the length of the client challenge.
--
-- The primary advantage to the 'v2' protocols is the client challenge -- by
-- incorporating a client challenge, a malicious server can't use a precomputation
-- attack.
--
-- In addition to hashing the passwords, messages are also signed, by default, if a
-- v1 protocol is being used (I (Ron Bowes) couldn't get signatures to work on v2
-- protocols; if anybody knows how I'd love to implement it).
--
--@args smbusername The SMB username to log in with. The forms "DOMAIN\username" and "username@DOMAIN"
-- are not understood. To set a domain, use the smbdomain
argument.
--@args smbdomain The domain to log in with. If you aren't in a domained environment, then anything
-- will (should?) be accepted by the server.
--@args smbpassword The password to connect with. Be cautious with this, since some servers will lock
-- accounts if the incorrect password is given. Although it's rare that the
-- Administrator account can be locked out, in the off chance that it can, you could
-- get yourself in trouble. To use a blank password, leave this parameter off
-- altogether.
--@args smbhash A password hash to use when logging in. This is given as a single hex string (32
-- characters) or a pair of hex strings (both 32 characters, optionally separated by a
-- single character). These hashes are the LanMan or NTLM hash of the user's password,
-- and are stored on disk or in memory. They can be retrieved from memory
-- using the fgdump or pwdump tools.
--@args smbtype The type of SMB authentication to use. These are the possible options:
-- * v1
: Sends LMv1 and NTLMv1.
-- * LMv1
: Sends LMv1 only.
-- * NTLMv1
: Sends NTLMv1 only (default).
-- * v2
: Sends LMv2 and NTLMv2.
-- * LMv2
: Sends LMv2 only.
-- * NTLMv2
: Doesn't exist; the protocol doesn't support NTLMv2 alone.
-- The default, NTLMv1
, is a pretty decent compromise between security and
-- compatibility. If you are paranoid, you might want to use v2
or
-- lmv2
for this. (Actually, if you're paranoid, you should be avoiding this
-- protocol altogether!). If you're using an extremely old system, you might need to set
-- this to v1
or lm
, which are less secure but more compatible.
-- For information, see smbauth.lua
.
--@args smbnoguest Use to disable usage of the 'guest' account.
module(... or "smbauth", package.seeall)
require 'bit'
require 'bin'
require 'netbios'
require 'stdnse'
have_ssl = (nmap.have_ssl() and pcall(require, "openssl"))
-- Constants
local NTLMSSP_NEGOTIATE = 0x00000001
local NTLMSSP_CHALLENGE = 0x00000002
local NTLMSSP_AUTH = 0x00000003
local session_key = string.rep(string.char(0x00), 16)
-- Types of accounts (ordered by how useful they are
local ACCOUNT_TYPES = {
ANONYMOUS = 0,
GUEST = 1,
USER = 2,
ADMIN = 3
}
local function account_exists(host, username, domain)
if(nmap.registry[host.ip] == nil or nmap.registry[host.ip]['smbaccounts'] == nil) then
return false
end
for i, j in pairs(nmap.registry[host.ip]['smbaccounts']) do
if(j['username'] == username and j['domain'] == domain) then
return true
end
end
return false
end
function next_account(host, num)
if(num == nil) then
if(nmap.registry[host.ip]['smbindex'] == nil) then
nmap.registry[host.ip]['smbindex'] = 1
else
nmap.registry[host.ip]['smbindex'] = nmap.registry[host.ip]['smbindex'] + 1
end
else
nmap.registry[host.ip]['smbindex'] = num
end
end
---Writes the given account to the registry. There are several places where accounts are stored:
-- * registry['usernames'][username] => true
-- * registry['smbaccounts'][username] => password
-- * registry[ip]['smbaccounts'] => array of table containing 'username', 'password', and 'is_admin'
--
-- The final place, 'smbaccount', is reserved for the "best" account. This is an administrator
-- account, if one's found; otherwise, it's the first account discovered that isn't guest
.
--
-- This has to be called while no SMB connections are made, since it potentially makes its own connection.
--
--@param host The host object.
--@param username The username to add.
--@param domain The domain to add.
--@param password The password to add.
--@param password_hash The password hash to add.
--@param hash_type The hash type to use.
--@param is_admin [optional] Set to 'true' the account is known to be an administrator.
function add_account(host, username, domain, password, password_hash, hash_type, is_admin)
-- Save the username in a global list -- TODO: restore this
-- if(nmap.registry.usernames == nil) then
-- nmap.registry.usernames = {}
-- end
-- nmap.registry.usernames[username] = true
--
-- -- Save the username/password pair in a global list
-- if(nmap.registry.smbaccounts == nil) then
-- nmap.registry.smbaccounts = {}
-- end
-- nmap.registry.smbaccounts[username] = password
-- Check if we've already recorded this account
if(account_exists(host, username, domain)) then
return
end
if(nmap.registry[host.ip] == nil) then
nmap.registry[host.ip] = {}
end
if(nmap.registry[host.ip]['smbaccounts'] == nil) then
nmap.registry[host.ip]['smbaccounts'] = {}
end
-- Determine the type of account, if it wasn't given
local account_type = nil
if(is_admin) then
account_type = ACCOUNT_TYPES.ADMIN
else
if(username == '') then
-- Anonymous account
account_type = ACCOUNT_TYPES.ANONYMOUS
elseif(string.lower(username) == 'guest') then
-- Guest account
account_type = ACCOUNT_TYPES.GUEST
else
-- We have to assume it's a user-level account (we just can't call any SMB functions from inside here)
account_type = ACCOUNT_TYPES.USER
end
end
-- Set some defaults
if(hash_type == nil) then
hash_type = 'ntlm'
end
-- Save the new account if this is our first one, or our other account isn't an admin
local new_entry = {}
new_entry['username'] = username
new_entry['domain'] = domain
new_entry['password'] = password
new_entry['password_hash'] = password_hash
new_entry['hash_type'] = string.lower(hash_type)
new_entry['account_type'] = account_type
-- Insert the new entry into the table
table.insert(nmap.registry[host.ip]['smbaccounts'], new_entry)
-- Sort the table based on the account type (we want anonymous at the end, administrator at the front)
table.sort(nmap.registry[host.ip]['smbaccounts'], function(a,b) return a['account_type'] > b['account_type'] end)
-- Print a debug message
stdnse.print_debug(1, "SMB: Added account '%s' to account list", username)
-- Reset the credentials
next_account(host, 1)
-- io.write("\n\n" .. nsedebug.tostr(nmap.registry[host.ip]['smbaccounts']) .. "\n\n")
end
---Retrieve the current set of credentials set in the registry. If these fail, next_credentials
should be
-- called.
--
--@param host The host object.
--@return (result, username, domain, password, password_hash, hash_type) If result is false, username is an error message. Otherwise, username and password are
-- the current username and password that should be used.
function get_account(host)
if(nmap.registry[host.ip]['smbindex'] == nil) then
nmap.registry[host.ip]['smbindex'] = 1
end
local index = nmap.registry[host.ip]['smbindex']
local account = nmap.registry[host.ip]['smbaccounts'][index]
if(account == nil) then
return false, "No accounts left to try"
end
return true, account['username'], account['domain'], account['password'], account['password_hash'], account['hash_type']
end
---Create the account table with the anonymous and guest users, as well as the user given in the script's
-- arguments, if there is one.
--
--@param host The host object.
function init_account(host)
-- Create the key if it exists
if(nmap.registry[host.ip] == nil) then
nmap.registry[host.ip] = {}
end
-- Don't run this more than once for each host
if(nmap.registry[host.ip]['smbaccounts'] ~= nil) then
return
end
-- Create the list
nmap.registry[host.ip]['smbaccounts'] = {}
-- Add the anonymous/guest accounts
add_account(host, '', '', '', nil, 'none')
if(not stdnse.get_script_args( "smbnoguest" )) then
add_account(host, 'guest', '', '', nil, 'ntlm')
end
-- Add the account given on the commandline (TODO: allow more than one?)
local args = nmap.registry.args
local username = nil
local domain = ''
local password = nil
local password_hash = nil
local hash_type = 'ntlm'
-- Do the username first
if(args.smbusername ~= nil) then
username = args.smbusername
elseif(args.smbuser ~= nil) then
username = args.smbuser
end
-- If the username exists, do everything else
if(username ~= nil) then
-- Domain
if(args.smbdomain ~= nil) then
domain = args.smbdomain
end
-- Type
if(args.smbtype ~= nil) then
hash_type = args.smbtype
end
-- Do the password
if(args.smbpassword ~= nil) then
password = args.smbpassword
elseif(args.smbpass ~= nil) then
password = args.smbpass
end
-- Only use the hash if there's no password
if(password == nil) then
password_hash = args.smbhash
end
-- Add the account, if we got a password
if(password == nil and password_hash == nil) then
stdnse.print_debug(1, "SMB: Either smbpass, smbpassword, or smbhash have to be passed as script arguments to use an account")
else
add_account(host, username, domain, password, password_hash, hash_type)
end
end
end
local function to_unicode(str)
local unicode = ""
for i = 1, #str, 1 do
unicode = unicode .. bin.pack("Lanman function.
--
--@param ntlm The NTLMv1 hash
--@param challenge The server's challenge.
--@return (status, response) If status is true, the response is returned; otherwise, an error message is returned.
function ntlm_create_response(ntlm, challenge)
if(have_ssl ~= true) then
return false, "SMB: OpenSSL not present"
end
return lm_create_response(ntlm, challenge)
end
---Create the NTLM mac key, which is used for message signing. For basic authentication, this is the md4 of the
-- NTLM hash, concatenated with the response hash; for extended authentication, this is just the md4 of the NTLM
-- hash.
--@param ntlm_hash The NTLM hash.
--@param ntlm_response The NTLM response.
--@param is_extended Should be set if extended security negotiations are being used.
function ntlm_create_mac_key(ntlm_hash, ntlm_response, is_extended)
if(have_ssl ~= true) then
return false, "SMB: OpenSSL not present"
end
if(is_extended) then
return openssl.md4(ntlm_hash)
else
return openssl.md4(ntlm_hash) .. ntlm_response
end
end
---Create the LM mac key, which is used for message signing. For basic authentication, it's the first 8 bytes
-- of the lanman hash, followed by 8 null bytes, followed by the lanman response; for extended authentication,
-- this is just the first 8 bytes of the lanman hash followed by 8 null bytes.
--@param lm_hash The NTLM hash.
--@param lm_response The NTLM response.
--@param is_extended Should be set if extended security negotiations are being used.
function lm_create_mac_key(lm_hash, lm_response, is_extended)
if(have_ssl ~= true) then
return false, "SMB: OpenSSL not present"
end
if(is_extended) then
return string.sub(lm_hash, 1, 8) .. string.rep(string.char(0), 8)
else
return string.sub(lm_hash, 1, 8) .. string.rep(string.char(0), 8) .. lm_response
end
end
---Create the NTLMv2 hash, which is based on the NTLMv1 hash (for easy upgrading), the username, and the domain.
-- Essentially, the NTLM hash is used as a HMAC-MD5 key, which is used to hash the unicode domain concatenated
-- with the unicode username.
--
--@param ntlm The NTLMv1 hash.
--@param username The username we're using.
--@param domain The domain.
--@return (status, response) If status is true, the response is returned; otherwise, an error message is returned.
function ntlmv2_create_hash(ntlm, username, domain)
if(have_ssl ~= true) then
return false, "SMB: OpenSSL not present"
end
local unicode = ""
username = to_unicode(string.upper(username))
domain = to_unicode(string.upper(domain))
return true, openssl.hmac("MD5", ntlm, username .. domain)
end
---Create the LMv2 response, which can be sent back to the server. This is identical to the NTLMv2
function,
-- except that it uses an 8-byte client challenge.
--
-- The reason for LMv2 is a long and twisted story. Well, not really. The reason is basically that the v1 hashes
-- are always 24-bytes, and some servers expect 24 bytes, but the NTLMv2 hash is more than 24 bytes. So, the only
-- way to keep pass-through compatibility was to have a v2-hash that was guaranteed to be 24 bytes. So LMv1 was
-- born -- it has a 16-byte hash followed by the 8-byte client challenge, for a total of 24 bytes. And now you've
-- learned something
--
--@param ntlm The NVLMv1 hash.
--@param username The username we're using.
--@param domain The domain.
--@param challenge The server challenge.
--@return (status, response) If status is true, the response is returned; otherwise, an error message is returned.
function lmv2_create_response(ntlm, username, domain, challenge)
if(have_ssl ~= true) then
return false, "SMB: OpenSSL not present"
end
return ntlmv2_create_response(ntlm, username, domain, challenge, 8)
end
---Create the NTLMv2 response, which can be sent back to the server. This is done by using the HMAC-MD5 algorithm
-- with the NTLMv2 hash as a key, and the server challenge concatenated with the client challenge for the data.
-- The resulting hash is concatenated with the client challenge and returned.
--
-- The "proper" implementation for this uses a certain structure for the client challenge, involving the time
-- and computer name and stuff (if you don't do this, Wireshark tells you it's a malformed packet). In my tests,
-- however, I couldn't get Vista to recognize a client challenge longer than 24 bytes, and this structure was
-- guaranteed to be much longer than 24 bytes. So, I just use a random string generated by OpenSSL. I've tested
-- it on every Windows system from Windows 2000 to Windows Vista, and it has always worked.
function ntlmv2_create_response(ntlm, username, domain, challenge, client_challenge_length)
if(have_ssl ~= true) then
return false, "SMB: OpenSSL not present"
end
local client_challenge = openssl.rand_bytes(client_challenge_length)
local status, ntlmv2_hash = ntlmv2_create_hash(ntlm, username, domain)
return true, openssl.hmac("MD5", ntlmv2_hash, challenge .. client_challenge) .. client_challenge
end
---Generate the Lanman and NTLM password hashes. The password itself is taken from the function parameters,
-- the nmap arguments, and the registry (in that order). If no password is set, then the password hash
-- is used (which is read from all the usual places). If neither is set, then a blank password is used.
--
-- The output passwords are hashed based on the hash type.
--
--@param ip The ip address of the host, used for registry lookups.
--@param username The username, which is used for v2 passwords.
--@param domain The username, which is used for v2 passwords.
--@param password [optional] The overriding password.
--@param password_hash [optional] The overriding password hash. Shouldn't be set if password is set.
--@param challenge The server challenge.
--@param hash_type The way in which to hash the password.
--@param is_extended Set to 'true' if extended security negotiations are being used (this has to be known for the
-- message-signing key to be generated properly).
--@return (lm_response, ntlm_response, mac_key) The two strings that can be sent directly back to the server,
-- and the mac_key, which is used for message signing.
function get_password_response(ip, username, domain, password, password_hash, hash_type, challenge, is_extended)
local status
local lm_hash = nil
local ntlm_hash = nil
local mac_key = nil
local lm_response, ntlm_response
-- Check for a blank password
if(password == nil and password_hash == nil) then
stdnse.print_debug(2, "SMB: Couldn't find password or hash to use (assuming blank)")
password = ""
end
-- The anonymous user requires a single 0-byte instead of a LANMAN hash (don't ask me why, but it doesn't work without)
if(hash_type == 'none') then
return string.char(0), '', nil
end
-- If we got a password, hash it
if(password ~= nil) then
status, lm_hash = lm_create_hash(password)
status, ntlm_hash = ntlm_create_hash(password)
else
if(password_hash ~= nil) then
if(string.find(password_hash, "^" .. string.rep("%x%x", 16) .. "$")) then
stdnse.print_debug(2, "SMB: Found a 16-byte hex string")
lm_hash = bin.pack("H", password_hash:sub(1, 32))
ntlm_hash = bin.pack("H", password_hash:sub(1, 32))
elseif(string.find(password_hash, "^" .. string.rep("%x%x", 32) .. "$")) then
stdnse.print_debug(2, "SMB: Found a 32-byte hex string")
lm_hash = bin.pack("H", password_hash:sub(1, 32))
ntlm_hash = bin.pack("H", password_hash:sub(33, 64))
elseif(string.find(password_hash, "^" .. string.rep("%x%x", 16) .. "." .. string.rep("%x%x", 16) .. "$")) then
stdnse.print_debug(2, "SMB: Found two 16-byte hex strings")
lm_hash = bin.pack("H", password_hash:sub(1, 32))
ntlm_hash = bin.pack("H", password_hash:sub(34, 65))
else
stdnse.print_debug(1, "SMB: ERROR: Hash(es) provided in an invalid format (should be 32, 64, or 65 hex characters)")
lm_hash = nil
ntlm_hash = nil
end
end
end
-- At this point, we should have a good lm_hash and ntlm_hash if we're getting one
if(lm_hash == nil or ntlm_hash == nil) then
stdnse.print_debug(2, "SMB: Couldn't determine which password to use, using a blank one")
return "", ""
end
-- Output what we've got so far
stdnse.print_debug(2, "SMB: Lanman hash: %s", stdnse.tohex(lm_hash))
stdnse.print_debug(2, "SMB: NTLM hash: %s", stdnse.tohex(ntlm_hash))
-- Hash the password the way the user wants
if(hash_type == "v1") then
-- LM and NTLM are hashed with their respective algorithms
stdnse.print_debug(2, "SMB: Creating v1 response")
status, lm_response = lm_create_response(lm_hash, challenge)
status, ntlm_response = ntlm_create_response(ntlm_hash, challenge)
mac_key = ntlm_create_mac_key(ntlm_hash, ntlm_response, is_extended)
elseif(hash_type == "lm") then
-- LM is hashed with its algorithm, NTLM is blank
stdnse.print_debug(2, "SMB: Creating LMv1 response")
status, lm_response = lm_create_response(lm_hash, challenge)
ntlm_response = ""
mac_key = lm_create_mac_key(lm_hash, lm_response, is_extended)
elseif(hash_type == "ntlm") then
-- LM and NTLM both use the NTLM algorithm
stdnse.print_debug(2, "SMB: Creating NTLMv1 response")
status, lm_response = ntlm_create_response(ntlm_hash, challenge)
status, ntlm_response = ntlm_create_response(ntlm_hash, challenge)
mac_key = ntlm_create_mac_key(ntlm_hash, ntlm_response, is_extended)
elseif(hash_type == "v2") then
-- LM and NTLM are hashed with their respective v2 algorithms
stdnse.print_debug(2, "SMB: Creating v2 response")
status, lm_response = lmv2_create_response(ntlm_hash, username, domain, challenge)
status, ntlm_response = ntlmv2_create_response(ntlm_hash, username, domain, challenge, 24)
elseif(hash_type == "lmv2") then
-- LM is hashed with its v2 algorithm, NTLM is blank
stdnse.print_debug(2, "SMB: Creating LMv2 response")
status, lm_response = lmv2_create_response(ntlm_hash, username, domain, challenge)
ntlm_response = ""
else
-- Default to NTLMv1
if(hash_type ~= nil) then
stdnse.print_debug(1, "SMB: Invalid login type specified ('%s'), using default (NTLM)", hash_type)
else
stdnse.print_debug(1, "SMB: No login type specified, using default (NTLM)")
end
status, lm_response = ntlm_create_response(ntlm_hash, challenge)
status, ntlm_response = ntlm_create_response(ntlm_hash, challenge)
end
stdnse.print_debug(2, "SMB: Lanman response: %s", stdnse.tohex(lm_response))
stdnse.print_debug(2, "SMB: NTLM response: %s", stdnse.tohex(ntlm_response))
return lm_response, ntlm_response, mac_key
end
function get_security_blob(security_blob, ip, username, domain, password, password_hash, hash_type)
local pos = 1
local new_blob
local flags = 0x00008215 -- (NEGOTIATE_SIGN_ALWAYS | NEGOTIATE_NTLM | NEGOTIATE_SIGN | REQUEST_TARGET | NEGOTIATE_UNICODE)
if(security_blob == nil) then
-- If security_blob is nil, this is the initial packet
new_blob = bin.pack(" 0 ) then
local length = domain_length
local pos = domain_offset + 1 -- +1 to convert to Lua's 1-based indexes
local target_realm
pos, target_realm = bin.unpack( string.format( "A%d", length ), security_blob, pos )
ntlm_challenge[ "target_realm" ] = from_unicode( target_realm )
end
-- Parse the TargetInfo data (Wireshark calls this the "Address List")
if ( target_info_length > 0 ) then
-- Definition of AvId values (IDs for AV_PAIR (attribute-value pair) structures),
-- as definied by the NTLM Authentication Protocol specification [MS-NLMP].
local NTLM_AV_ID_VALUES = {
MsvAvEOL = 0x0,
MsvAvNbComputerName = 0x1,
MsvAvNbDomainName = 0x2,
MsvAvDnsComputerName = 0x3,
MsvAvDnsDomainName = 0x4,
MsvAvDnsTreeName = 0x5,
MsvAvFlags = 0x6,
MsvAvTimestamp = 0x7,
MsvAvRestrictions = 0x8,
MsvAvTargetName = 0x9,
MsvAvChannelBindings = 0xA,
}
-- Friendlier names for AvId values, to be used as keys in the results table
-- e.g. ntlm_challenge[ "dns_computer_name" ] -> "host.test.local"
local NTLM_AV_ID_NAMES = {
[NTLM_AV_ID_VALUES.MsvAvNbComputerName] = "netbios_computer_name",
[NTLM_AV_ID_VALUES.MsvAvNbDomainName] = "netbios_domain_name",
[NTLM_AV_ID_VALUES.MsvAvDnsComputerName] = "fqdn",
[NTLM_AV_ID_VALUES.MsvAvDnsDomainName] = "dns_domain_name",
[NTLM_AV_ID_VALUES.MsvAvDnsTreeName] = "dns_forest_name",
[NTLM_AV_ID_VALUES.MsvAvTimestamp] = "timestamp",
}
local length = target_info_length
local pos = target_info_offset + 1 -- +1 to convert to Lua's 1-based indexes
local target_info
pos, target_info = bin.unpack( string.format( "A%d", length ), security_blob, pos )
pos = 1 -- reset pos to 1, since we'll be working out of just the target_info
repeat
local value, av_id, av_len
pos, av_id, av_len = bin.unpack( "= #target_info )
end
return ntlm_challenge
end
---Create an 8-byte message signature that's sent with all SMB packets.
--
--@param mac_key The key used for authentication. It's the concatination of the session key and the
-- response hash.
--@param data The packet to generate the signature for. This should be the packet that's about to be
-- sent, except with the signature slot replaced with the sequence number.
--@return The 8-byte signature. The signature is equal to the first eight bytes of md5(mac_key .. smb_data)
function calculate_signature(mac_key, data)
if(have_ssl) then
return string.sub(openssl.md5(mac_key .. data), 1, 8)
else
return string.rep(string.char(0), 8)
end
end