Saint Energetic, Protector of Wireless

Patron of microwave radios, factory-written passwords, and engineers who always want a way in.

Life

In 2017 it emerged that DragonWave Horizon radios contained hardcoded credentials meant for vendor access: username energetic, password wireless. They worked through the web interface and over Telnet, on every unit alike. A pair of words so cheerful it sounds like a slogan, and so well known it became a CVE.

Prayer

O Saint Energetic, who opens every radio with your name and your brother Wireless's, let no vendor ever leave the key under the doormat again. Amen.

How to celebrate

Celebrated by updating the firmware to 1.4.8 or later and closing Telnet, for good.