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How do you prevent unauthorized personnel from accessing your cisco device through the console port?

User Nick White
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You can blacklist the mac address of the device which you don't want to be connected.
User Nathan Ryan
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It depends on a version of the console but in my view the most useful and effective way is to physically secure your device and protect it by a complex password. And keep your password in a safe place.
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