On: Things Every Hacker Once Knew (2017)

[yetihehe]

I had to connect to a cisco router with a serial dongle (window->usb->serial->cisco) not that long ago. After successfully configuring, I could change configuration in the same exact way going over network (window->encryption->tcp->ethernet->decryption->cisco), but underneath, it's all teletypes talking to each other[0].

[0] https://web.stanford.edu/class/cs81n/command.txt

[bayindirh → yetihehe]

I can understand. We still have a drawer full of different console cables with a couple of USB-RS-232 converters.

Our tradition during new hardware installs, yelled through the datacenter over CRAC, wind and fan noise:

A: You said blue one, but it's not connecting to $NETWORK_DEVICE

B: Try the other, slightly darker blue one, with the sticker XYZ. That's the one I used IIRC.

A: Oh, OK.