[c-nsp] Old C2950 Strangness..

[Howard Leadmon]

  I think your right, I did a reset, I got pulled away and need to look at
the conf file, but that was a cute one.   The funny thing is, it was
internal at a client's site, and they really thought the switch had gone
bad, so tossed it in the junk pile and replaced it.   So it wasn't the IT
guy pulling a fast one, so I can only assume someone working at the
location, found the switch, managed to access it, and made the change.   

 Oh the fun of idiots getting into your equipment, I must admit, other than
having a Linux kernel version, with a FreeBSD banner, they had me wondering
for a minute as I would have never even considered putting an OS banner on
the login screen of a switch..  LOL



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Howard Leadmon



> -----Original Message-----
> From: cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net [mailto:cisco-nsp-
> bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Chris Adams
> Sent: Monday, March 18, 2013 11:29 PM
> To: cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net
> Subject: Re: [c-nsp] Old C2950 Strangness..
> 
> Once upon a time, Howard Leadmon <howard at leadmon.net> said:
> > Cisco Internetwork Operating System Software
> > IOS (tm) C2950 Software (C2950-C3H2S-M), Version 12.0(5.3)WC(1),
> MAINTENANCE
> > INTERIM SOFTWARE
> > Copyright (c) 1986-2001 by cisco Systems, Inc.
> > Compiled Mon 30-Apr-01 07:56 by devgoyal
> > FreeBSD 4.10 (STABLE)
> > Kernel 2.6.27 on an i686
> > login:
> >
> >
> > FreeBSD??    Kernel 2.6.27??   Which sounds like Linux to me kernel
wise,
> > and a login prompt that I have no way at all of getting past.
> 
> I expect that if you do a password reset, you'll find someone was
> playing with the login banner...
> 
> --
> Chris Adams <cmadams at hiwaay.net>
> Systems and Network Administrator - HiWAAY Internet Services
> I don't speak for anybody but myself - that's enough trouble.
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