RE: What to do if Cisco router & switches got hacked ?

["Daryl Davis" <daryl () wcgmi com>]

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I have had this same problem.  I still have the compromised hardware
(if it is compromised and not just bad hardware) but I have not had
time to decipher this riddle yet.  I am watching this thread with
interest.

Daryl R Davis
West Coast Game Management Inc. 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: yfs us [mailto:yfs_168us () yahoo com] 
> Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2003 5:55 PM
> To: security-basics () securityfocus com
> Subject: What to do if Cisco router & switches got hacked ?
>
>
> Hi All,
>
>        Just want to find out does anyone here came
> across
> the cisco switches & router got hacked. I'm not sure
> which
> one actually got hacked coz I'm not a security expert.
> I do
> notice that sometime my switches & router refuse to
> accept
> connection. But when I change to a new want every
> things
> work fine. 
>        I do ask the IBM technical support & they told
> me that
> it was hacked. So now once a week I need to call the
> IBM
> support to fix it. They usually replace it. I'm
> wondering
> how do I prevent these in the future. 
>       Besides these I too like to know how do I track
> the 
> hacker ? I had mail my ISP & they reply please go & 
> hire a security expert with a good qualification. Is
> these
> what one usually get if they need help from the ISP ?
> It looks
> like the ISP suck or they r the one who did it. Or
> time to change
> ISP.
>      Does one really need to have a good qualification
> to hunt
> the hacker ? As far as I know everyone is a hacker the
> only
> different is some is good & some is lousy coz hacker r
> not
> born they too go thru a pain in the ass experince b4
> they 
> really call them self a elite haxor. 
>  
>     All help r welcome.
>
> Cheers
>
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