Vulnerability Development: Re: Default passwords

[dufresne () WINTERNET COM (Ron DuFresne)]

And don't forget the default snmp strings

Thanks,

Ron DuFresne

On Mon, 3 Jul 2000, Joe Jenkins wrote:

> That would be a good resource to have.  I recently flew out to do security
> assessment on a company and one of their biggest security holes was default
> passwords and logins on all their switches and nearly all their routers,
> telnet access enabled.  I was able to find most of the default pass info on
> manufacturer websites, but a central location would be good for it.  I could
> volunteer maybe some web space and a database table on one of my webservers
> for such information...
>
> Joe Jenkins
> System Administrator
> NoWalls, Inc.
> http://www.nowalls.com
> (801) 303 3815
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