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[Ben Walton]

Given the time frame when the specs on these were nailed down, I wonder if
the version of vxworks is vulnerable to the root exploit via the wide open
management port? :)

Thanks
-Ben
On Aug 10, 2012 4:33 PM, "Lennart Sorensen" <lsorense-1wCw9BSqJbv44Nm34jS7GywD8/FfD2ys at public.gmane.org>
wrote:

> On Fri, Aug 10, 2012 at 04:23:04PM -0400, Lance F. Squire wrote:
> > I'm just happy it's not just a wintel box. :P
>
> For some reason I had thought the rovers were running linux, but
> apparently they use vxworks.
>
> I guess real time was useful.
>
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