[AusNOG] Older Juniper J series routers - time bomb

[Matt Palmer]

On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 05:57:40PM +0100, Tom Storey wrote:
> Perusing the j-nsp list I came across this thread:
> 
> http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/nsp/juniper/50450
> 
> If youre running any older J series (i.e. x300), or were thinking of
> digging them out to use for some purpose, you might be in for a
> slightly rude shock.
> 
> Otherwise its a "sad" thing to see. I have a J2300 in my lab at home
> which works great in such a role, it would be a shame to have to ditch
> it due to an expired certificate.

I really hope someone with a bit of money and an evil gleam in their eye
decides to take Juniper to task for this.  I'm fairly certain that
hard-coding a drop-dead date into your devices would be frowned upon by the
courts.

- Matt