Cisco flaw presentation spreads across the Web FBI Investigation... New copies of Michael Lynn's presentation on the Cisco router operating system flaw are springing up faster than the lawyers can take them down Cisco's lawyers are sending out cease-and-desist notices to Web sites that have published a controversial presentation by ex-Internet Security Systems (ISS) employee Michael Lynn that exposes the potential dangers of a flaw in the network giant's router operating system.The presentation, which was due to be given by Lynn at the Defcon conference in Las Vegas last week, was cancelled after legal threats from Cisco and ISS. The parties resolved the matter on Thursday last week. -- I guess that answers the question of the lgality of the matter? Gadi.
On Sat, 13 Aug 2005 06:08:22 +0200, Gadi Evron said:
Cisco's lawyers are sending out cease-and-desist notices to Web sites ... I guess that answers the question of the lgality of the matter?
All it answers is the question "Do Cisco's lawyers think they can get away with it?" The question of its legality won't be resolved till some judge issues a ruling on the question that withstands appeals..
On Sat, 13 Aug 2005, Gadi Evron wrote:
Cisco flaw presentation spreads across the Web
FBI Investigation...
New copies of Michael Lynn's presentation on the Cisco router operating system flaw are springing up faster than the lawyers can take them down
Cisco's lawyers are sending out cease-and-desist notices to Web sites that have published a controversial presentation by ex-Internet Security Systems (ISS) employee Michael Lynn that exposes the potential dangers of a flaw in the network giant's router operating system.The presentation, which was due to be given by Lynn at the Defcon conference in Las Vegas last week, was cancelled after legal threats from Cisco and ISS. The parties resolved the matter on Thursday last week.
i guess they're still reacting to old information. this one is well and truly in the public domain, heck.. if you google you can find foreign language translations of it i've not seen any discussion on the application of the information.. is there any working exploit code yet? Steve
On Sat, 13 Aug 2005, Stephen J. Wilcox wrote:
i guess they're still reacting to old information. this one is well and truly in the public domain, heck.. if you google you can find foreign language translations of it
Trying to censor something is one of the best ways to promote it, I'm surprised cisco has not heard about that, I guess now they know. -- William Leibzon Elan Networks william@elan.net
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