Tuesday, August 12, 2008

A primer on the Terry Childs case for the non-technical

They were passwords that could be used to log into routers and switches to make changes. Nothing more, nothing less.

• The passwords released by the DA's office were not the passwords they were trying to get from Childs. The passwords they released to the public were for another part of the network entirely, one that provided external access to the network for city employees. In essence, by publishing this list, the city opened the deadbolt on the door to the network, but left the handle locked.

• Modems plugged into routers and switches in various places on a large network are not scandalous, they're common. They're also generally mandatory on large networks. These modems are used to provide instant emergency access to remote locations to reduce or eliminate network downtime.
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