..and of course: "Cisco Denies Router Vulnerability Claims" [snip] Cisco Systems is downplaying a news story that suggests new security flaws may have been discovered in some of its routers. [snip] http://www.varbusiness.com/components/weblogs/article.jhtml?articleId=166403... So, until the _facts_ come out, this appears to be spin vs. spin (a play on spy v. spy, for all you Alfred E. Newman fans)... - ferg -- "Fergie (Paul Ferguson)" <fergdawg@netzero.net> wrote: ...and Wired News is running this story: "Cisco Security Hole a Whopper" Excerpt: [snip] A bug discovered in an operating system that runs the majority of the world's computer networks would, if exploited, allow an attacker to bring down the nation's critical infrastructure, a computer security researcher said Wednesday against threat of a lawsuit. Michael Lynn, a former research analyst with Internet Security Solutions, quit his job at ISS Tuesday morning before disclosing the flaw at Black Hat Briefings, a conference for computer security professionals held annually here. [snip] http://www.wired.com/news/privacy/0,1848,68328,00.html - ferg -- "Fergie (Paul Ferguson)" <fergdawg@netzero.net> wrote: For what ot's worth, this story is running in the popular trade press: "Cisco nixes conference session on hacking IOS router code" http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/072705-cisco-ios.html - ferg -- "Hannigan, Martin" <hannigan@verisign.com> wrote:

For those who like to keep abreast of security issues, there are interesting developments happening at BlackHat with regards to Cisco IOS and its vulnerability to arbitrary code executions.

I apologize for the article itself being brief and lean on technical details, but allow me to say that it does represent a real problem (as in practical and confirmed):

http://blogs.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2005/07/mending_a_ hole_.html

Yes, practical _and_ confirmed, but you'll never get $vendor to admit it, which is the problem to begin with. -M< -- "Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson Engineering Architecture for the Internet fergdawg@netzero.net or fergdawg@sbcglobal.net ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/