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Re: Default Passwords for World Wide Packets/Lightning Edge Equipment
From: Matt Simmons <standalone.sysadmin () gmail com>
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2010 12:55:00 -0500
That would be excellent for both the administrator, and anyone walking down the row with a wand in their pocket. On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 12:21 PM, Barry Shein <bzs () world std com> wrote:
On January 12, 2010 at 23:03 Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu (Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu) wrote: > On Tue, 12 Jan 2010 17:50:37 PST, Bill Stewart said: > > A password recovery method I've found very frustrating is to use the > > serial number or similar value that's on a label on the bottom of the > > equipment. > > Related pet peeve: Inventory and asset control people that stick a sticker on > hardware and then expect to be able to scan the barcode at a later date. Works > fine if the barcode sticker actually ends up facing the front or the back of > the rack. But occasionally, the sticker ends up stuck on an empty space on the > printed circuit board of a upgrade blade that's plugged into a chassis... > Sounds like RFID FTW! Actually, I have no idea if it'd work, maybe someone else does. Seems like it'd be nice to be able to just wand a rack and poof out comes a list of everything in it. -- -Barry Shein The World | bzs () TheWorld com | http://www.TheWorld.com Purveyors to the Trade | Voice: 800-THE-WRLD | Dial-Up: US, PR, Canada Software Tool & Die | Public Access Internet | SINCE 1989 *oo*
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Current thread:
- Re: Default Passwords for World Wide Packets/Lightning Edge Equipment, (continued)
- Re: Default Passwords for World Wide Packets/Lightning Edge Equipment Dobbins, Roland (Jan 06)
- Re: Default Passwords for World Wide Packets/Lightning Edge Equipment Jim Burwell (Jan 06)
- Re: Default Passwords for World Wide Packets/Lightning Edge Equipment James Hess (Jan 06)
- Re: Default Passwords for World Wide Packets/Lightning Edge Equipment Jeffrey I. Schiller (Jan 06)
- RE: Default Passwords for World Wide Packets/Lightning Edge Equipment Nick Hale (Jan 06)
- Re: Default Passwords for World Wide Packets/Lightning Edge Equipment Ricky Beam (Jan 07)
- Re: Default Passwords for World Wide Packets/Lightning Edge Equipment Joe Greco (Jan 07)
- Re: Default Passwords for World Wide Packets/Lightning Edge Equipment Bill Stewart (Jan 12)
- Re: Default Passwords for World Wide Packets/Lightning Edge Equipment Valdis . Kletnieks (Jan 12)
- Re: Default Passwords for World Wide Packets/Lightning Edge Equipment Barry Shein (Jan 13)
- Re: Default Passwords for World Wide Packets/Lightning Edge Equipment Matt Simmons (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 Lyndon Nerenberg (VE6BBM/VE7TFX) (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 Lyndon Nerenberg (VE6BBM/VE7TFX) (Jan 13)
- RFID in datacenter (was Re: Default Passwords for World Wide Packets/Lightning Edge Equipment) George Imburgia (Jan 13)
- Re: RFID in datacenter (was Re: Default Passwords for World Wide Packets/Lightning Edge Equipment) Brett Frankenberger (Jan 13)
- RE: RFID in datacenter (was Re: Default Passwords for World WidePackets/Lightning Edge Equipment) Brandon M. Lapointe (Jan 13)
- Re: RFID in datacenter (was Re: Default Passwords for World Wide Packets/Lightning Edge Equipment) Stefan (Jan 13)
- Re: Default Passwords for World Wide Packets/Lightning Edge Equipment Steven Bellovin (Jan 13)
- RE: Default Passwords for World Wide Packets/Lightning Edge Equipment Nathan Eisenberg (Jan 13)