IP: Alcatel appears to be going into ostrich mode on their DSL modem security

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

> Date: Wed, 16 May 2001 08:55:26 -0400
> To: farber () cis upenn edu
> From: Tom Goltz <tgoltz () QuietSoftware com>
>
> From Bruce Schneier's Crypto-Gram newsletter:
>
> > Normally, I wouldn't even bother with this story.  But Alcatel posted a 
> > MS Word file on their Web site about the problem and fix (which they've 
> > since removed).  Unfortunately, the file saved deleted changes.  The 
> > draft document is far more interesting than the real one.  See some of 
> > the deleted comments here:
> > http://morons.org/articles/1/188
>
>
> With attitudes like these from Alcatel, if I had the misfortune to be 
> using one of their modems, I'd be calling my ISP up and demanding a 
> different modem.



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