A recent PCMag article by Larry Seltzer highlighted some of the security risks within routing infrastructures and how the uniquely named Chuck Norris botnet looks across network devices and finds default passwords as an entry point to spread harmful code or take control of devices. Even though this one...

Bruce Enders of Chesapeake Netcraftsmen recounts a story that demonstrates why configuration repositories and monitoring configuration changes are valuable. A Netcraftsmen customer called on a Saturday morning to ask about a network problem. Bruce gave them some free advice and the customer tried to...