[165038] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: WaPo writes about vulnerabilities in Supermicro IPMIs
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jay Ashworth)
Thu Aug 15 23:48:57 2013
Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2013 23:48:40 -0400 (EDT)
From: Jay Ashworth <jra@baylink.com>
To: NANOG <nanog@nanog.org>
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----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jonathan Lassoff" <jof@thejof.com>
> The primary point of IPMI for most users is to be able to administer
> and control the box when it's not running.
> Using the host itself as a firewall is the quickest way to get that
> BMC online, but it kinda defeats the purpose.
Wow. I don't get caught by Flat Earth Syndrome much... but when I do,
it's a doozy. Fair point, Jon.
Cheers,
-- jra
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