Re: OCE' 9400 plotters

[lwcashd () BIW COM (Larry W. Cashdollar)]

> There is, however, quite a bit of documentation in the hub's manual about
> setting a root password, and the importance of doing so.. don't know who
> decided to use this same firmware in plotters/printers or what their
> documentation is like, however it seems to come down to the general rule
> of never leave a peripheral unpassworded on your network if you want to
> avoid these sorts of problems (telnet proxy, etc..)

My point was that by default the plotter can be used as a gateway, most people
dont associate "security" with a plotter.  I would guess that for people who
dont know once the plotter is functional why read the rest of the manual.

What vendors should do is force a password to be set upon installation.

-- Larry