> > There is, however, quite a bit of documentation in the hub's manual about > setting a root password, and the importance of doing so.. don't know who > decided to use this same firmware in plotters/printers or what their > documentation is like, however it seems to come down to the general rule > of never leave a peripheral unpassworded on your network if you want to > avoid these sorts of problems (telnet proxy, etc..) My point was that by default the plotter can be used as a gateway, most people dont associate "security" with a plotter. I would guess that for people who dont know once the plotter is functional why read the rest of the manual. What vendors should do is force a password to be set upon installation. -- Larry
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