[87850] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Cisco, haven't we learned anything? (technician reset)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Martin Hannigan)
Thu Jan 12 15:15:04 2006
From: Martin Hannigan <hannigan@world.std.com>
To: jared@puck.nether.net (Jared Mauch)
Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 15:06:06 -0500 (EST)
Cc: robt@cymru.com (Rob Thomas), nanog@merit.edu (NANOG)
In-Reply-To: <20060112173911.GB17532@puck.nether.net> from "Jared Mauch" at Jan 12, 2006 12:39:11 PM
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
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> On Thu, Jan 12, 2006 at 10:53:32AM -0600, Rob Thomas wrote:
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> > Hi, Matthew.
> >
> > ] Cisco Router and Security Device Manager (SDM) is installed on this device.
> > ] This feature requires the one-time use of the username "cisco"
> > ] with the password "cisco".
> >
> > Interesting. Is it limited to one-time use? Are the network login
> > services (SSH, telnet, et al.) prevented from using this login and
> > password?
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> I know the AP350 comes with a default Cisco/Cisco account..
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> (as opposed to doing a nvram/config clear and
> it only lets you login on console).
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> problem is with cisco each product group controls how
> they ship their system, so the Aironet teams don't quite seem
> to get this IMHO. That doesn't mean your 76k/GSR/CRS-1 will have
> Cisco/Cisco, but your aironet products sure may.
No, but it means that there is no centralized standard on how to
implement authentication which is troubling. That means that your
GSR _could_ come with such a "feature".
-M<
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> - jared
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