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Cisco Products Have Backdoors

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the two-scoops-of-creepy dept.

Cbs228 writes "A Cisco Security Advisory released yesterday admits that "A default username/password pair is present in all releases of the Wireless LAN Solution Engine (WLSE) and Hosting Solution Engine (HSE) software. A user who logs in using this username has complete control of the device. This username cannot be disabled." Can we really trust closed-source vendors, such as Cisco, to develop secure products that are free of backdoors?"

8 of 555 comments (clear)

  1. I have a backdoor by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    And every time I eat Taco Bell or Skyline Chili, I am acutely reminded of that.

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  3. Username/Password by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    FristProst / IFailIt

  4. Will I ever have fun tonight! by xutopia · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    That boss of mine whom I hated told me that CISCO was the best. I told him it wasn't!! We'll show him now!!!

  5. Re:Well, that depends. by orthogonal · · Score: 3, Offtopic

    Cisco actually has a better track record than some other closed source vendors I could mention.

    I don't mean to be a grammar troll, but clearly you used the wrong tense:

    "Cisco actually had a better track record...."

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    Opinions on the Twiddler2 hand-held keyboard?
  6. Re:Well, that depends. by rttichnor · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Mod parent -2 (Grammar Troll)

    Track records are constantly evolving. I beleive 'has' was appropriate.

  7. Re:Cisco's Life Lesson - Maybe not. by kalidasa · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    OK, if any joke post deserved to be marked "insightful," this is the one. Of course, it doesn't matter, because it's an AC.

  8. Re:Cisco's Life Lesson - Maybe not. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I have realized it's bogus only because it's 1 of April. Wait a minute...