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That would require someone with physical access to the device. It's not a home network, the person responsible for fixing it could be in another country, and yo
by ok123456 3y ago
That would require someone with physical access to the device. It's not a home network, the person responsible for fixing it could be in another country, and you could have hundreds of devices to fix.
- mschuster91 3y agoA company could scan this as part of the onboarding process, and even if the network admins are in another country, in 99% of cases there's some on-site IT support staff that could read it out for you in an emergency.
- ok123456 3y agoNow you have a spreadsheet of all the backdoors floating around.
- mschuster91 3y agoYou'd still need to prove the Cisco helpdesk who you are to have them calculate the actual root password.
- e12e 3y ago> That would require someone with physical access to the device. Or, you know, do what Kevin Mitnick did - call up local staff and ask them to read it out (dial-in number to FBI phone tap system...)?