On Thu, Mar 20, 2003 at 05:50:34PM -0800, Charles Polisher wrote: > Telnetting into our HP Procurve 2524 switch > shows an ongoing attempt to brute-force the > SNMP community (public, of course). HP apparently > does not provide a method for disbling SNMP, and > we're going to have to visit all 93 switches > in person to set a strong password -- yes, it had > been left blank! Well they might not need to try brute forcing your community strings since you did say you telneted over. That could easily produce a game over scenario. -- /* Security is a work in progress - dreamwvr */ # # Note: To begin Journey type man afterboot,man help,man hier[.] # // "Who's Afraid of Schrodinger's Cat?" /var/(.)?mail/me \? ;-] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- <Pre>Lose another weekend managing your IDS? Take back your personal time. 15-day free trial of StillSecure Border Guard.</Pre> <A href="http://www.securityfocus.com/stillsecure"> http://www.securityfocus.com/stillsecure </A>
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