[geeks] snmp vunerabilities

[Kris Kirby]

On Wed, 13 Feb 2002, Fogg, James wrote:
> Dude, I agree. However, we must admit that there are far too many weinies
> calling themselves "network people". I cannot count how many times I have
> seen SNMP enabled in network gear when there was no SNMP monitoring
> happening. Worse, Most NetWeinies don't realize that the community names
> (strings) are PASSWORDS! Most routers/etc. get snmp configured with the
> default read-only string of "public" and read-write string of "private".

It pisses me off to no end that netweenies have jobs and I do not. I can
pass muster, but netweenies can kiss ass to get in the door. I can't find
the ass to kiss.

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