On Aug 17, 2009, at 6:45 PM, deleskie@gmail.com wrote:
I'd have to _assume_ that a lot of those impacted don't have a maint contract with their router vendor of choice and therefore don't have an easy path to upgrade. -jim
Cisco gives out free software upgrades for any security(PSIRT) issue. Take the recent 4-byte asn crash advisory: -- snip -- http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/products_security_advisory09186a0080aea4... Customers should have their product serial number available and be prepared to give the URL of this notice as evidence of entitlement to a free upgrade. Free upgrades for non-contract customers must be requested through the TAC. -- snip -- I would view this as an active attack against the internet infrastructure and be working with the PSIRT team if it impacted my network ... - Jared