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Network World Security Alert Mar 01, 2017 Cisco tries to squash Smart Install security abuse Cisco wrote in a blog this week that a "Smart Install network consists of one Smart Install director switch or router, also known as the integrated branch director (IBD), and one or more Smart Install client switches, also known as integrated branch clients (IBCs). Only Smart Install client switches are affected by the abuse. 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