Here's what I don't get, though.  Clinton is a Democrat, but Hutchison and Chambliss are Republicans.  I know federal representatives are given offices based on which party they are in, and Democrats and Republicans are in different offices.  I'd assume federal senators are the same way, so why would those three senators show up on the same switch if they were in different offices?

Weird.

-b0b
(...is going to church and will post more later.)

What kind of upgrades are you looking for?

Are you interested in pursuing a CCNA?  I'm looking for a study partner for the CCNA, so if you're interested in adding that certification to your résumé, let me know.

I've been doing some digging through that mysterious configuration file this morning and I found this line:

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The "host name" of a switch is it's major title.  Administrators typically add a host name to their routers and switches so they can keep track of which device they're currently connected to.  The word "Russ" in the host name of this switch got me thinking it was probably located in a building named "Russ."  The "agg" term probably refers to "aggregate," meaning this was a head-end switch that other smaller switches connected to.  I started digging around to see if I could find a "Russ" building, and sure enough...

http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm

It looks like there are three major Senate office buildings, Hart, Dirksen, and Russell.

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The three senators listed in the switch configuration are all in the same building, so it seems like this is legit.

Unlike the federal representatives, it appears the senators aren't separated based on their political affiliation.  This raises another question, though.  According to that page, the addresses of their offices would put other senators in between them.  Why are these three folks on the same switch if their offices aren't right next to each other?  Have they moved offices between terms?  Were the other senators also on this switch, but their ports weren't given descriptions like Hutchison, Chambliss, and Clinton?

The rabbit hole grows deeper.

-b0b
(...ponders.)

No, this would've been an internal switch, so it would've been at the very core of the Senate office network.  Anybody trying to get to this switch would've had to conquer quite a few other systems first (firewalls, routers, etc) to even reach it.  Even if somebody did have access to this switch, there wouldn't be much they could do maliciously, outside of deactivating ports.  That would be an annoying but easily correctable denial of service attack.

The passwords were encrypted.  The user password would be relatively simple to crack, but the "enable" password would be damn near impossible to crack using brute force methods.  Without the enable password, a malicious user wouldn't be able to do anything other than view some parameters.  It's encrypted using md5, so the number of possible keys is mind-boggling.

I redacted the password hashes and SNMP community names from the config I posted because it's impolite to post such things on the Interweb.  I'm hoping the administrator has changed his password and SNMP names by now, but I don't want to help out a hacker/terrorist/whatever if they didn't.  I know I'd be pretty upset if someone posted my password hash for the entire world to see.  Then again, I wouldn't be stupid enough to leave a copy of an old config file on my switch/router/whatever.


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The military and .gov sells virtually all of their old equipment, ranging from monitors to printers to networking equipment.  You can get on one of several privately-run auction sites that sell government equipment in bulk.  Most likely, this switch was sold with a bunch of other Cisco equipment by the pallet load.  A used-equipment distributor then bought it and offered it for sale on eBay.

For what its worth, I bought my switch from this guy:

http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQfgtpZ1QQfrppZ25QQsassZrudebuoy101QQssPageNameZSTRKQ3...

You can buy a switch from him that is identical to mine at this link:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Cisco-Catalyst-2924-WS-X2924M-XL-EN-CCNA-CCNP-Lab_W0QQitemZ1...

I have no clue if it'll come from the same place or not, but it's probably fairly likely that it'll be some sort of old .gov switch.  He was a great seller and he even included a couple freebie expansion cards that weren't listed in the auction.  I'll post pics tonight if you guys want to see it.

-b0b
(...cheers.)

Oh my goodness is that Pure Evil I see coming out of that Cisco switch?! Quick youve got to contain it before it spreads to the forum and we are inundated with Hillary nonsense!!!  Yarrrrgggg!!!

yay! forums back!

I think they were down all weekend. Hows all the new hardware workin out? And how is the possibility of lanage here soon?

Oh dudes...heck ya...let's rock a LAN!  I'm in serious need of hanging with my buds and killing them.........in game form that is!

I am free pretty much anytime right now.

I know Briney's been wanting one so he just needs to stop working everyday and come back down...and bring the lovely Susie with him of course.

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let me check with eric, or he can post here, I know hes lurking somewhere... Cause he works weekends, but maybe he can juggle with someone and get a friday off. Friday night would be best for me, maybe in a week or 2.

rock on!

~BRiney

(...notices he didn't give a definitive answer)