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Re: CiSCO IOS 12.* source code stolen


From: Scott Call <scall () devolution com>
Date: Sun, 16 May 2004 01:02:51 -0700 (PDT)


On Sun, 16 May 2004, Henry Linneweh wrote:


You do not have to steal the code, you can buy a cisco
router from an equipment reseller and have all the
access you want.....


I wasn't aware you got a source license when you purchased Cisco gear. I
need to have a talk with my reseller...

smart-assitude aside, I do hope fallout is minimal and easily worked
around.  Hopefully even the script kiddies and other black hats understand
that undermining the infrasture of the 'net would make all of their DDOS
and SPAM zombies unusable.

-S

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