[120914] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Default Passwords for World Wide Packets/Lightning Edge Equipment
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Matthew Palmer)
Wed Jan 6 04:19:30 2010
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2010 20:18:37 +1100
From: Matthew Palmer <mpalmer@hezmatt.org>
To: nanog@nanog.org
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On Wed, Jan 06, 2010 at 08:26:25AM +0000, Dobbins, Roland wrote:
> > Does anyone know the default passwords for World Wide Packets 427 and 311v switches?
>
> One should think the fact that there are default passwords at all should be a cause for alarm, in and of itself.
As much as they're a definite security risk, I can't imagine what other
option there is. The closest I can come to a solution is to set a random
password and flash it using a front-panel LED using morse. <grin>
- Matt
