Alas, that post I boosted regarding Enterasys passphrase stuff?
I was previously a Network Security Specialist at a place that had a BUNCH of Cabletron (later known as Enterasys) gear though nothing is coming to the top of my head as far as what they need for passphrase recovery/reset. ;(
20 years ago (2006) is when I was terminated from that employer too; I know some of their gear (at least the Cabletron vintage kit) could be "factory reset" which would put it into a default state, yet what those defaults were, escapes me (though maybe not some documentation online somewhere still, perhaps?) at the moment.
If memory serves, by the time Cabletron had become Enterasys, they were deep into the realms of pioneering what would later get more broadly standardized as 802.1X so they were a bit ahead of the curve in some realms, but that isn't really particularly helpful for what was being asked about either. ;(
Meanwhile, as I skimmed RFC10024, I realized I am on a first name basis with at least one individual who is named in the RFC only by last name, first initial.
What a strange time to be alive.
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