Re: Default password in Bay Networks switches.

From: Dax Kelson (dkelsonat_private)
Date: Wed Mar 10 1999 - 16:06:05 PST

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    On Wed, 10 Mar 1999, Jan B. Koum wrote:
    
    > 	Ok.. so you would think after 3Com $%#& up last year of inserting
    > 	default password into firmware vendors would learn their lesson?
    > 	[See http://geek-girl.com/bugtraq/1998_2/0340.html for 3com rant]
    >
    > 	Hah! Welcome to the world of strings and Bay Networks firmware
    > 	files. I have looked at some bay networks switches and see that
    > 	the following have default password of "NetICs"
    
    The Bay Networks case number for this bug/oversight is: 990310-614
    
    Normally "backdoor" passwords on Bay gear only work through the console.
    
    Dax Kelson
    Internet Connect, Inc.
    



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