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Subject: Re: Cisco exploits/vulnerabilities
From: Nick Simicich <njs @ scifi . squawk . com>
Date: Wed, 9 Jul 1997 14:27:11 -0400 (EDT)
To: Bertrum Carroll <bc17684 @ 90 . deere . com>
Cc: Paul Ferguson <pferguso @ cisco . com>, Bill Stout <stoutb @ pios . com>, firewalls @ GreatCircle . COM
In-reply-to: <33C398A0 . DF588AEE @ 90 . deere . com>

On Wed, 9 Jul 1997, Bertrum Carroll wrote:

> It looks as if most of these attacks require access to the router
> console.  If this is true, that's pretty good security.
> 
> Or did I miss something?

Like, maybe, lots of people put modems on their Cisco consoles so that
they can fix their routers remotely?

Of course my password is the same as my pet's name.  
My macaw's name was Q47pY!3, but I change it every 90 days.
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 com
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