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06
Jan
2012

Did you ever had to identify a Cisco IOS image when you couldn’t rely on the filename?Look for strings starting with CW_ between strings CW_BEGIN and CW_END in the image file, for example like this:You will find strings like CW_IMAGE, CW_FAMILY, CW_FEATURE, CW_VERSION, CW_MEDIA, CW_SYSDESCR and CW_MAGIC between strings CW_BEGIN and CW_END.In this example, the […]

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I’m sure some of you verify SSH fingerprints before you use a SSH server for the first time. You obtain the fingerprint via another channel, and you compare it with the fingerprint your SSH client presents you.But have you done this with Cisco devices too? Recently I tried to obtain the SSH fingerprint of a […]

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05
Oct
2011

I had an unpleasant surprise when I connected a new Cisco 887W router I had just configured to the Internet via its ADSL interface.As it was the first time I worked with a 887, I did an nmap scan of its ADSL interface to check that I had closed all ports. Surprise: ports 2002, 4002, […]

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