Saturday, July 19, 2003

This is getting Serious... Code to exploit Cisco flaw may pose risk. Security experts warn that code which could be used to attack and crash Cisco routers has been posted to public mailing lists. [CNET News.com] What does this mean?  Well, according to CNET "Cisco routers make up a large portion of the Internet infrastructure. The routers account for more than 80 percent of the hardware in corporate networks and more than 90 percent of the hardware that makes up the Internet, said Rachna Ahlawat, senior analyst for market researcher Gartner. I do hope the admins are upgrading their routers... Juniper anyone? ~ Randy 5:57:35 PM