Re: (ASCEND) ** >= Ascend 5.0A SECURITY ALERT **

[mholdrege () ASCEND COM (Matt Holdrege)]

At 03:18 PM 2/26/97 -0800, Kit Knox wrote:
> There exists a new feature in the 5.0A series of releases for the MAX which
> allow a user to reboot your Ascend MAX at will.  This is done via an
> undocumented login entry point that has been introduced without notice to
> the public by Ascend.

FYI, port 150 is not undocumented. It is described in the 5.0a release
notes on page 59 of the Max/T1 manual and page 62 of the Max/E1 manual.

It was also introduced months ago in an incremental release. I'm sure our
support engineers are working on the bug you reported and will soon have a
fix.


Matt Holdrege  -  http://www.ascend.com  -  mholdrege () ascend com