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Re: Default Passwords for World Wide Packets/Lightning Edge Equipment


From: "Dobbins, Roland" <rdobbins () arbor net>
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2010 09:26:33 +0000


On Jan 6, 2010, at 4:24 PM, George Bonser wrote:

having physical access pretty much trumps any other security measure. 

The fact that there's a factory default means that lots of folks won't change it when they configure the unit with an 
IP address; they follow this with failing to implement iACLs, and it's pw3nt1me!

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