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Re: [Dailydave] build an appliance without a shell
ken_i_m
fatair.net
Date: Thu Mar 04 2004 - 10:48:02 CST
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On Thu, Mar 04, 2004 at 08:20:52AM -0800, Rodney Thayer (rodneycanola-jones.com) wrote:
> It's a grey area. In the specific case I found a problem, here's
> the scenario the shipped product gave me:
[...]
> This means:
>
> -- they had ssh
> -- they had a shell
> -- they consciously assigned a password I entered as the root password.
>
> In trying to quantify the risk there, the only solid statement I can come up
> with that's cross-platform is "DO NOT SHIP A SHELL".
[...]
The lesson I get here is "don't buy a blackbox appliance".
--
Ken Dyke
"Bits at the speed of light"
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