Who is Nachen!!!
DexterPark
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Alright, this has been bugging me for a while now, every time I do a show version I always see this line:
Cisco IOS Software, C3750 Software (C3750-IPSERVICES-M), Version 12.2(35)SE5, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)
Copyright (c) 1986-2007 by Cisco Systems, Inc.
Compiled Thu 19-Jul-07 19:15 by nachen
Image text-base: 0x00003000, data-base: 0x01280000
So I wondered, "who is this nachen fellow?", and started googling. I was unable to find anything, he is like a Cisco urban legend. Does anybody know who this guy is?
Cisco IOS Software, C3750 Software (C3750-IPSERVICES-M), Version 12.2(35)SE5, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)
Copyright (c) 1986-2007 by Cisco Systems, Inc.
Compiled Thu 19-Jul-07 19:15 by nachen
Image text-base: 0x00003000, data-base: 0x01280000
So I wondered, "who is this nachen fellow?", and started googling. I was unable to find anything, he is like a Cisco urban legend. Does anybody know who this guy is?
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It is the person (or group) that compiled that specific image. Different images will have different names.An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes which can be made. -
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Nachen is the guy who wrote IOS. Cisco keep him in an underground building called "the hive". They're currently performing scientific experiments on him in an attempt to decipher how he thinks the way he does.
No one knows his real name because after he wrote IOS, he changed it to Nachen in order to hide his identity from anyone who would want to cause him harm. It has been said that he is not from this world and requires complete darkness in order to work. This is why they keep him in the hive. There are multiple "work" rooms that are completely pitch black save for the light from the special monitor that he uses. These monitors were designed and built for his use, they are backlit with infrared lights. This means that the average human eye can't read it and thus, the whole room seems to be pitch black.
I once heard of a guy at Cisco that saw a passing document with his signature on it. This was the closest anyone has gotten to Nachen.
It is said that the only person that knows him on a personal level is called "Conf t". However, he (Conf t) is a whole 'nother story for a different time.
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DexterPark
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REP!!!!!!!
I want a picture and a biography, Nachen is wanted dead or alive.My advice to anyone looking to advance their career would be to learn DevOps tools and methodologies. Learn how to write code in languages like Python and JavaScript. Not to be a programmer, but a network automation specialist who can do the job of 10 engineers in 1/3 of the time. Create a GitHub account, download PyCharm, play with Ansible, Chef, or Puppet. Automation isn't the future, it's here today and the landscape is changing dramatically. -
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Oh snap I found the only know picture of him
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That PC is where he keeps his IOS images, and his snacks.**** ARE FOR CHUMPS! Don't be a chump! Validate your material with certguard.com search engine
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Sorry, but nachen is a girlA.A.S. in Networking Technologies
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I think some one should raise a TAC case to answer this question once and for all.
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Nachen is the guy who wrote IOS. Cisco keep him in an underground building called "the hive". They're currently performing scientific experiments on him in an attempt to decipher how he thinks the way he does.
No one knows his real name because after he wrote IOS, he changed it to Nachen in order to hide his identity from anyone who would want to cause him harm. It has been said that he is not from this world and requires complete darkness in order to work. This is why they keep him in the hive. There are multiple "work" rooms that are completely pitch black save for the light from the special monitor that he uses. These monitors were designed and built for his use, they are backlit with infrared lights. This means that the average human eye can't read it and thus, the whole room seems to be pitch black.
I once heard of a guy at Cisco that saw a passing document with his signature on it. This was the closest anyone has gotten to Nachen.
It is said that the only person that knows him on a personal level is called "Conf t". However, he (Conf t) is a whole 'nother story for a different time.
Keep it secret. Keep it safe.
Never knew that mystery guys stories like that really exist. But why even publish a name doesn't matter if it's made up or a real name, if you don't want anyone to know you then you just keep on changing names. I am sure if you know him maybe who ever who is looking for him knows him by know too and they are still trying to trace him. Don't you thing? This sounds like a fairy tale."It's better to try and fail than to fail to try." Unkown
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