Hi,
As long as the appropriate security/passwords are set it is probably every bit as good
as any other form of remote access.
Certainly safer than one I just worked on a few minutes ago where they had a person
log in locally and went to the # prompt with little extra effort.
Teunis,
Hobart, Tasmania
Australia
On Thursday, January 18, 2001 at 02:30:09 PM, Priscilla Oppenheimer wrote:
> Sounds like a helpful troubleshooting method but what were the security
> risks? Thoughts, anyone?
>
> Priscilla
>
> At 10:31 PM 1/17/01, J Roysdon wrote:
> >Today I was a site w/o internet access, but I needed to get Cisco into it to
> >save time relaying commands and information. I had a dial-up connection out
> >to my ISP, and then thought about the built-in Telnet server that Windows
> >2000 Professional has. I made a quick guest account for Cisco, and told
> >them my dial-up IP, which they could connect to, and then once telnetted
> >into my workstation, they were able to telnet out my NIC to the routers they
> >needs to get to. Only catch is that you can only have one session up
> >through it (enough for us):
> >
> >Microsoft (R) Windows (TM) Version 5.00 (Build 2195)
> >Welcome to Microsoft Telnet Service
> >Telnet Server Build 5.00.99201.1
> >login: cisco
> >password: *****
> >Microsoft Windows Workstation allows only 1 Telnet Client License
> >Server has closed connection
> >
> >When they were done, I just disabled the Cisco account. Rather handy now
> >that I have it. I've run into a lot of troubleshooting where it was a real
> >pain not to have internet access for Cisco to get in (or I didn't control
> >the customer's firewall, etc.).
> >
> >After a successful telnet:
> >*===============================================================
> >Welcome to Microsoft Telnet Server.
> >*===============================================================
> >C:\>telnet 192.168.45.253
> >Connecting To 192.168.45.253...
> >
> >
> >
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