RE: empty sa passwords on network printers ??

["Ben Nagy" <ben () iagu net>]

Not sure what you mean by SA password, but HP printers run Java, which is
turing complete. If you have full access to the printer you can make it do
absolutely anything you want - it's just as good (or better) as owning a
workstation.

Check out some of the phenoelit stuff to scare yourself:
http://www.phenoelit.de/stuff/defconX.pdf

Cheers,

ben

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jason Rusch [mailto:rusch.j () gmail com] 
> Sent: Saturday, December 10, 2005 2:51 AM
> To: pen-test () lists securityfocus com
> Subject: empty sa passwords on network printers ??
>
> curious whats peoples opinion on the risk level etc concerning empty
> SA passwords on network printers?
>
>
> Jason P. Rusch, CISSP
> Sr. Information Security Administrator
> Infosec-rusch
> Tampa, FL 33619


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