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RE: Default Passwords for World Wide Packets/Lightning Edge Equipment
From: "George Bonser" <gbonser () seven com>
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2010 20:06:51 -0800
-----Original Message----- From: Dobbins, Roland Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 7:23 PM To: NANOG list Subject: Re: Default Passwords for World Wide Packets/Lightning Edge Equipment On Jan 7, 2010, at 10:19 AM, Dobbins, Roland wrote:Which goes to show that they just really don't get it when it comesto security. Maybe they should look here at all the entries for 'default credentials': Actually, should be 'default password'.
One of the problems I have seen is an organization where someone uses something stupid just to get something up and running (say a password of "password" or "foo" or something) with every intention of coming back to fix it later but forgets to. That is what I meant yesterday about an organizational "default" password that can be just as bad as the manufacturers default. At least with some manufacturers you can log in from the console with the factory "default" password but can't log in over the network unless you have set one.
Current thread:
- Re: Default Passwords for World Wide Packets/Lightning Edge Equipment, (continued)
- Re: Default Passwords for World Wide Packets/Lightning Edge Equipment Barry Shein (Jan 13)
- Re: Default Passwords for World Wide Packets/Lightning Edge Equipment Matthew Palmer (Jan 13)
- Re: Default Passwords for World Wide Packets/Lightning Edge Equipment gordon b slater (Jan 12)
- Re: Default Passwords for World Wide Packets/Lightning Edge Equipment Steven Bellovin (Jan 06)
- Re: Default Passwords for World Wide Packets/Lightning Edge Equipment Joel Esler (Jan 06)
- Re: Default Passwords for World Wide Packets/Lightning Edge Equipment Mark Foster (Jan 06)
- Re: Default Passwords for World Wide Packets/Lightning Edge Equipment Matthew Palmer (Jan 06)
- Re: Default Passwords for World Wide Packets/Lightning Edge Equipment Joe Hamelin (Jan 06)
- Re: Default Passwords for World Wide Packets/Lightning Edge Equipment Dobbins, Roland (Jan 06)
- Re: Default Passwords for World Wide Packets/Lightning Edge Equipment Dobbins, Roland (Jan 06)
- RE: Default Passwords for World Wide Packets/Lightning Edge Equipment George Bonser (Jan 06)
- Re: Default Passwords for World Wide Packets/Lightning Edge Equipment Sean Donelan (Jan 07)
- RE: Default Passwords for World Wide Packets/Lightning Edge Equipment Jason Shearer (Jan 07)
- Re: Default Passwords for World Wide Packets/Lightning Edge Equipment Joe Hamelin (Jan 06)
- Re: Default Passwords for World Wide Packets/Lightning Edge Equipment Joe Greco (Jan 06)
- Re: Default Passwords for World Wide Packets/Lightning Edge Equipment Matthew Palmer (Jan 06)
- Re: Default Passwords for World Wide Packets/Lightning Edge Equipment Joe Greco (Jan 06)
- RE: Default Passwords for World Wide Packets/Lightning Edge Equipment Nathan Eisenberg (Jan 07)
- Re: Default Passwords for World Wide Packets/Lightning Edge Equipment Steven Bellovin (Jan 07)
- Re: Default Passwords for World Wide Packets/Lightning Edge Equipment Bjørn Mork (Jan 07)
- Re: Default Passwords for World Wide Packets/Lightning Edge Equipment Ricky Beam (Jan 07)