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[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I wonder if they're using default/hard coded creds (Ciscos have had a ton of them) or if its just bad password hygiene on the admins' part.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago

Hardcoded creds seems like a really bad idea on a network appliance. If they MUST have hardcoded creds how about they only work when sent through a serial console at least your attacker would have to have local physical access to the device.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

I do agree, and Cisco immediately grabbed the occasion to push their shitty restrictive trusted boot policy. Which is worrying.