>From my understanding, it is still possible to get in even with no pw recovery set. I have a capture here showing it being done - the whole process. Haven't tried this myself yet though.
Erick --- "Dozal, Tim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If you have local console access to the router and > physical access to > reboot the router (both needed for a PW recovery I > believe) to get into > rommon mode then the router is already pretty > compromised. During a PW > recovery the previous programming is overwritten by > your new setup so > what would be gained by permanently locking a router > other than making > more sales for Cisco (which I won't complain about) > after a router pw is > lost and you now need to buy a new piece of > hardware. > > I may be missing the real question here because I > just don't see why you > would want to make a piece of hardware permanently > unusable if a PW is > lost. > > > -Tim > > (btw, these are my comments and may not be shared by > my company nor were > they influenced by actual company information on > this subject... Just my > 2cents on the question) > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Rok Pintar [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Saturday, November 16, 2002 2:22 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Locking Cisco Router > > > > is it possible to lock a cisco router to a point > that even a password > > recovery cant work to enter the router. > > Well, there are supposed to be new 2600/3600 ROMMON > images that allow > you to disable password recovery. If you have it, > you can do something > like "no service password-recovery". > ROK __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Web Hosting - Let the expert host your site http://webhosting.yahoo.com
