===cut=here=== Date: Wed, 25 Aug 1993 12:56:54 -0700 (PDT) From: Al Whaley <Al.Whaley@sunnyside.com> Subject: Cisco routers Rumors abound that Cisco routers have a back door; that is when a TCP port is disabled, it can still be accessed from Cisco's IP number. I have personally verified this with the sendmail port. Al Whaley al@sunnyside.com +1-415 322-5411(Tel), -6481 (Fax) Sunnyside Computing, Inc., PO Box 60, Palo Alto, CA 94302 [Private trapdoors for developers and maintenance folks are remarkably common, and in many other cases represent more serious risks than this one. WarGames was not pulling your leg. PGN] ------- End of Forwarded Message