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To: Terence Kennedy who wrote (11020)	10/29/1998 11:40:00 AM
From: Regis McConnell	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42804

Terence, you are one of the guys that genuinely worries me, a real 'fly in the ointment', a 'pain in the butt', a 'squeeky wheel looking to get greased', & in hindsight, the source for 'pinkies cloud of accounting disinformation'. I wish I'd of known of the extent of your promulgation of the 'backdoor problem' on the internet bulliten boards b4 last August & the subsequent collapse of MRV share prices. The FUD created by 'the problem' is at least partially responsible for any product sales slowdown in Nbase switches. Personally, it has been a most costly lesson. That's not to say you don't receive 'kudos' for 'digging up dirt', & garnering attention to issues 90's style via the net. Why, in your personal dealings w/the co., you haven't been satisfactorily 'taken care of' I don't know. Perhaps new product design & transition centered around the Xyplex acquisition & the 'time frame' for incorporating software upgrades & enhancements necessarily has to follow suite. I do hope that the issues you've raised are resolved in current products. I don't suppose that you have access or can test all the various products so as to say which current products do & which don't have these issues... Regis

To: Terence Kennedy who wrote (11020)	10/29/1998 11:58:00 AM
From: cmg	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 42804

Terence Kennedy..........Please call Noam and discuss your problems directly with him......cmg

To: Terence Kennedy who wrote (11020)	11/3/1998 2:55:00 AM
From: Terence Kennedy	Respond to of 42804

I wrote : > Earlier this week, I sent them mail saying that I was going to go > to the trade press on November 1st if they didn't commit to a date > for releasing the corrected firmware. So far, I have no response. > > A different N Base employee contacted someone who is maintaining a > web page about the security bug, claiming that the web page was an > untruth. After pointing out to that employee that the problem still > exists, nothing further was heard - same old story: deny, then van- > ish. Late last week I received firmware for the NH2016 that claimed to fix the problem. Instead, it prevented all access to the switch!. I reported the problem and received the usual "we'll get back to you" response. On Monday, I ordered 6 switches from Cisco to replace the NH2016's. Just now, I received mail from one of the N Base employees I'd ex- changed mail with previously, with yet a newer version of the code. This version fixes the backdoor passwords on remote sessions, but not with the local console port. I explained that this was too little, too late. In any event, as of sometime next week when the Cisco switches come in, I won't be running any N Base switches any more and those of you who think my postings are bad for N Base will be relieved that I won't be complaining any more. Of course, the numbers of other customers who are still exposed to security bugs may complain, since I doubt N Base will notify customers or put a notice on their download pages. I'll be returning the NH2016 switches to N Base (we had suspended payment pending fixes for this and other bugs). However, I still have 5 NH208, 4 NH215, and assorted NX200 modules which I'd already paid for and which N Base will not credit me for. If anyone reading this board actually uses the equipment (whatever happened to Jack Colton?) I will sell this gear at fire sale prices. Just send me a message at terry@spcvxa.spc.edu.