[9888] in bugtraq
Re: Default password in Bay Networks switches.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dax Kelson)
Wed Mar 10 19:42:06 1999
Date: Wed, 10 Mar 1999 17:06:05 -0700
Reply-To: Dax Kelson <dkelson@INCONNECT.COM>
From: Dax Kelson <dkelson@INCONNECT.COM>
To: BUGTRAQ@NETSPACE.ORG
In-Reply-To: <19990310144858.A26387@best.com>
On Wed, 10 Mar 1999, Jan B. Koum wrote:
> Ok.. so you would think after 3Com $%#& up last year of inserting
> default password into firmware vendors would learn their lesson?
> [See http://geek-girl.com/bugtraq/1998_2/0340.html for 3com rant]
>
> Hah! Welcome to the world of strings and Bay Networks firmware
> files. I have looked at some bay networks switches and see that
> the following have default password of "NetICs"
The Bay Networks case number for this bug/oversight is: 990310-614
Normally "backdoor" passwords on Bay gear only work through the console.
Dax Kelson
Internet Connect, Inc.
