Good point, and important reminder to segment! None of this stuff is to be considered secure. Don’t feel bad, I left a box I’d just put a fresh slackware install on, this was perhaps 2000 or 1999 too keep in mind, anyway I left it running with a public IP and no root password. For an hour. Came back from lunch to finish the install and it was already hacked. -Ben.
On Apr 30, 2018, at 12:51 PM, Michel 'ic' Luczak <lists@benappy.com> wrote:
I had more or less the same experience with APC Masterswitches (fried a few of those) ;) + the included free backdoors and default admin passwords and write communities (I got my whole platform shutdown by someone once). I guess YMMV.
On 30 Apr 2018, at 21:49, Ben Cannon <ben@6by7.net> wrote:
I want to love these, but I’ve had enough problems (3 bad units, one 8 port wiped it’s config and reset itself) causing outages, out of the 6 or so devices I’ve deployed, to ever use them in a critical production role.
On Apr 30, 2018, at 12:19 PM, Michel 'ic' Luczak <lists@benappy.com> wrote:
If rack-mount is not a hard requirement, I would definitely look into Ubiquiti’s mPower range. You will find anything from a single socket (WiFi only) to a 6 socket PDU (WiFi and Ethernet, probably 8 sockets for US but I’m in Europe) with central management system (free) and detailed consumption graphs and costs if you provide the kWh cost.
I’m running many of those with the controller/management software installed remotely in a central location and have several alerts and automation scripts setup when consumption goes beyond a certain level (meaning the equipment has crashed).
https://www.ubnt.com/mfi/mpower/
Regards, Michel
On 27 Apr 2018, at 17:46, Andy Ringsmuth <andy@newslink.com> wrote:
I’m sure many here are familiar with or using/have used devices to remotely power cycle equipment. I’m considering a Dataprobe iBoot-G2 and am curious if you’ve had experience with it, or other recommendations.
I only need one outlet to be remotely power cycle-able. I have one piece of equipment that is occasionally a little flaky and, well, you know the hassle.
What do people recommend? There seem to be plenty out there which are more designed to auto-reboot when Internet connectivity is lost, aka remotely reboot the ‘ol cable modem for instance, but that’s not my scenario.
Thanks in advance.
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