6 Oct
2003
6 Oct
'03
5:45 p.m.
On Mon, 6 Oct 2003, ed@the7thbeer.com wrote:
Anyone who doesn't think that's an operational issue, just wait until it bites you on the ass.
Now we have clear evidence that there are no less than three who understand the threat.
My first thought was that the DDoS was a means of obscuring access to patches for other vulnerabilities that might be simulatenously exploited. I'm assuming, though not certain, that Cisco would have alternative distribution/communication/update channels in such an event, but is that indeed the case?
My access to ftp.cisco.com is working fine whilst the website remains down.. Steve