8 Jan
2010
8 Jan
'10
12:58 a.m.
On Wed, 06 Jan 2010 18:24:26 -0500, Jeffrey I. Schiller <jis@mit.edu> wrote:
An option I saw years ago (I forgot on whose equipment) was a default password which was a function of the equipment's serial number. So you had to have the algorithm and you needed the serial number which was not related to the MAC. So if you didn't have physical access, you were not in a good position to learn the password.
Gadzoox used to do that... the management modules for their hubs had factory set random passwords. It's provided on a sticker with the card, so you can put it where you want -- just don't lose it, because that's only place it exists (without breaking out a JTAG debugger.) Yes, their later gear has standard default passwords. --Ricky