Re: Boing Boing: Michael Lynn's controversial Cisco security presentat ion

["John C. A. Bambenek" <bambenek () gmail com>]

Remind me why I bother with information security when industry and the
government seems to want to ensure things can be pwn3d as easily as
possible...

On 7/29/05, Fergie (Paul Ferguson) <fergdawg () netzero net> wrote:
> Now the FBI is investigating Lynn for criminal wrongdoing?
>
> Kim Zetter writes in Wired News this morning that:
>
> [snip]
>
> The FBI is investigating a computer security researcher for criminal conduct after he revealed that critical systems 
> supporting the internet and many networks have a serious software flaw that could allow someone to crash or take 
> control of the routers.
>
> [and]
>
> The FBI declined to discuss the case.
>
> [snip]
>
> http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,68356,00.html
>
> - ferg
>
>
>
>
> > Over on Boing Boing:
> >
> > [snip]
> >
> > Here's a PDF that purports to be Michael Lynn's presentation
> > on Cisco's critical vulnerabilities ("The Holy Grail: Cisco
> > IOS Shellcode And Exploitation Techniques"), delivered at
> > last week's Black Hat conference. Lynn's employer, ISS,
> > wouldn't let him deliver the talk (they'd been leant on by
> > Cisco), so Lynn quit his job, walked onstage and delivered it
> > anyway. (See yesterday's post and Scheneier's take for more).
> > 1.9MB PDF Link
> >
> > [snip]
> >
> > http://www.boingboing.net/2005/07/29/michael_lynns_contro.html


Thanks,
j