Re: Warning: Cisco RW community backdoor.

[SMcGrath () dhhs state nh us]

Same here
Cisco account manager sent us a notification of the bug.

Scott




Adrian Chadd <adrian () creative net au>@merit.edu on 02/27/2001 08:11:31 AM

Sent by:  owner-nanog () merit edu


To:   Jim Duncan <jnduncan () cisco com>
cc:   nanog () merit edu

Subject:  Re: Warning: Cisco RW community backdoor.



On Tue, Feb 27, 2001, Jim Duncan wrote:

> As a side note, this is a problem with the standards.  In particular,
> how the standards _require_ a function to be implemented.

<TONGUE LOCATION="CHEEK">
  Now, if only all other standards were implemented so faithfully
  by all the vendors ..
</TONGUE>

:-)

(sorry, couldn't resist.)

And yes, we received a call at work from our cisco rep outlining the
bug a few days ago. That was really nice of them. Well done guys.



Adrian

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