Eeeew!
Yeah, it seems that some of the big players have hopped on the remote ransomware bandwagon when it comes to networking equipment.
I have a Netgate firebox here that required such when running their OS. I replaced with PFSense and now have a firewall worthy of the name: practically unhackable. I won’t say that it is completely unhackable simply because of the geek factor.
CISCO and others have been going to the subscription model for remote management of equipment for quite a while. However, I remember one of those plug meetings way back when that a statement was made: why allow a third party monopoly control of your organization? That was back in the days of MS vs. Linux (any flavor). Still holds true today and is even more important.
-Eric
From the Central Offices of the Technomage Guild, Security and infrastructure Dept.
> On Jan 14, 2025, at 1:16 PM, Arun Khan via PLUG-discuss <plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:
>
> I am considering buying a Cisco Meraki switch (MS225-24P-HW*) on eBay for my HomeLab use.
>
> My understanding is that these devices need an annual subscription (ransomware) to manage them via a Cisco Cloudbase dashboard.
> (They don't have a serial console unlike most network devices)
>
>
> In case you have worked with Meraki switches, please share your experience (include model #s) and what kind of configuration is possible with the "local" UI.
>
> * PoE on all ports!
>
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> Arun Khan
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