On Wed Nov 19 01:07:43 EST 2014, lu...@proxima.alt.za wrote: > > i'm a bit paranoid about ether frames jumping the switch somehow, but i > > guess that's as likely as local snooping while tftping the boot image that > > has the nvram with creds. > > Well, if you're paranoid, then being able to "write" arbitrary data to > the console is more serious than intercepting a password, at least on > the surface.
i'd encourage folks to at least try cec before assuming things about how it works. by the way, at one point i had a hacked up kernel which allowed me to mount a file server over the cec protocol. quite a bit like nonet. - erik