[ale] OT: Cisco default password

Thu Aug 5 11:48:23 EDT 2004

I had something like this a while back, a friend sent me this:

Turn it on, be in the console at 9600, do a control break                                                                                                                               

at the > prompt do i/o 0x2142                                                                                                                                                           
then do "i" or "reset"                                                                                                                                                                  
when its ready do enter                                                                                                                                                                 
enable                                                                                                                                                                                  
write erase                                                                                                                                                                             
reload                                                                                                                                                                                  
change config-reg back to 2102                                                                                                                                                          

and you will be blank. ;p                                                                                                                                                               

This page is a lot more in depth write up on it though                                                                                                                                  

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/routers/ps259/products_password_recovery09186a0080094675.shtml                     

Thus spake Christopher Fowler (cfowler at outpostsentinel.com):

> I have a Cisco 2900XL I bought off ebay.
> 
> Switch>enable
> Password: 
> Password: 
> Password: 
> % Bad secrets
> 
> 
> Is there a default password I can try?
> 
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>  ** ACCEPT: CRM114 PASS Markovian Matcher ** 
> CLASSIFY succeeds; success probability: 1.0000  pR: 123.0373
> Best match to file #0 (nonspam.css) prob: 1.0000  pR: 123.0373  
> Total features in input file: 4448
> #0 (nonspam.css): features: 2671014, hits: 42053049, prob: 1.00e+00, pR: 123.04 
> #1 (spam.css): features: 2565765, hits: 28606724, prob: 9.18e-124, pR: -123.04 
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> I have a Cisco 2900XL I bought off ebay.
> 
> Switch>enable
> Password: 
> Password: 
> Password: 
> % Bad secrets
> 
> 
> Is there a default password I can try?
> 
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