Diary of a Network Geek

The trials and tribulations of a Certified Novell Engineer who's been stranded in Houston, Texas.

3/6/2008

Default Passwords

Filed under: Fun Work,Geek Work,The Dark Side — Posted by the Network Geek during the Hour of the Hare which is terribly early in the morning or 6:25 am for you boring, normal people.
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Why you should always change default passwords…

I don’t always agree with the bloggers over at TechRepublic when they insist that they have the five or ten most important links on a subject, but, every once in a while, they get one that’s really good. I can’t say much about most of the links in Chad Perrin’s post, Five must-have security resources, but his link to the RedOracle Default Password list is great! They have default passwords for just about everything there and, while that might not mean much to all my readers, if you have to do an emergency reconfiguration on something and take it back to the manufacturer default, having that password can really simplify your life.

Also, since these are so well documented, it’s a good illustration of why the first thing you should do after configuring, or reconfiguring, something is to change the default password.


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