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Re: Default Passwords for World Wide Packets/Lightning Edge Equipment
From: Mark Foster <blakjak () blakjak net>
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 2010 14:50:41 +1300 (NZDT)
At the end of the day, minimizing support costs for the vendor (not to mention likely annoyance for the customer) trumps providing "default" security for the folks who won't change the default password.The MyFi apparently does this. According to http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/07/technology/personaltech/07pogue.html"The network password is printed right there on the bottom of the MiFi itself."At least it's not "0000". But yes, my Mifi *had* the password on the bottom.
In a lot of cases, physical access = you're screwed anyway. What's the difference if the password is printed on the box?
If you can't physically protect your kit, that's something else, but aside from things like WAP's which are routinely in 'the open' surely you protect your equipment inside secure racks/cabinets/datacentres such that the physical labelling is inaccessible to those who aren't authorised... ?
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- Re: Default Passwords for World Wide Packets/Lightning Edge Equipment, (continued)
- Re: Default Passwords for World Wide Packets/Lightning Edge Equipment Valdis . Kletnieks (Jan 13)
- Re: Default Passwords for World Wide Packets/Lightning Edge Equipment Joel Jaeggli (Jan 13)
- Re: Default Passwords for World Wide Packets/Lightning Edge Equipment Valdis . Kletnieks (Jan 13)
- Re: Default Passwords for World Wide Packets/Lightning Edge Equipment Jon Lewis (Jan 13)
- RE: Default Passwords for World Wide Packets/Lightning Edge Equipment Nathan Eisenberg (Jan 13)
- Re: Default Passwords for World Wide Packets/Lightning Edge Equipment Barry Shein (Jan 13)
- Re: Default Passwords for World Wide Packets/Lightning Edge Equipment Matthew Palmer (Jan 13)
- Re: Default Passwords for World Wide Packets/Lightning Edge Equipment gordon b slater (Jan 12)
- Re: Default Passwords for World Wide Packets/Lightning Edge Equipment Steven Bellovin (Jan 06)
- Re: Default Passwords for World Wide Packets/Lightning Edge Equipment Joel Esler (Jan 06)
- Re: Default Passwords for World Wide Packets/Lightning Edge Equipment Mark Foster (Jan 06)
- Re: Default Passwords for World Wide Packets/Lightning Edge Equipment Matthew Palmer (Jan 06)
- Re: Default Passwords for World Wide Packets/Lightning Edge Equipment Joe Hamelin (Jan 06)
- Re: Default Passwords for World Wide Packets/Lightning Edge Equipment Dobbins, Roland (Jan 06)
- Re: Default Passwords for World Wide Packets/Lightning Edge Equipment Dobbins, Roland (Jan 06)
- RE: Default Passwords for World Wide Packets/Lightning Edge Equipment George Bonser (Jan 06)
- Re: Default Passwords for World Wide Packets/Lightning Edge Equipment Sean Donelan (Jan 07)
- RE: Default Passwords for World Wide Packets/Lightning Edge Equipment Jason Shearer (Jan 07)
- Re: Default Passwords for World Wide Packets/Lightning Edge Equipment Joe Hamelin (Jan 06)
- Re: Default Passwords for World Wide Packets/Lightning Edge Equipment Joe Greco (Jan 06)
- Re: Default Passwords for World Wide Packets/Lightning Edge Equipment Matthew Palmer (Jan 06)