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Networking Pearl Harbor in the Making
From: "J. Oquendo" <sil () politrix org>
Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2005 06:43:35 -0500 (EST)
< CRAPAGANDA > Which operating system, embedded in more than 80% of enterprise IT environments, represents one of the fastest-growing hacker targets and potentially the most-devastating information-security vulnerability? Hint: It ain't Windows. Cisco Systems' Internetwork Operating System now sits at the center of the information security vortex. Because IOS controls the routers that underpin most business networks as well as the Internet, anyone exploiting its flaws stands to wreak havoc on those networks and maybe even reach into the computer systems and databases connected to them. IOS is a highly sophisticated piece of software, but--as with Microsoft's Windows--that's a double-edged proposition. Software complexity can be a hacker's best friend. http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=173402976&tid=5979%2C5989 EOC =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ J. Oquendo GPG Key ID 0x97B43D89 http://mo.fscker.com :: Obscurity through Insecurity "How can we account for our present situation unless we believe that men high in this government are concerting to deliver us to disaster?" Joseph McCarthy "America's Retreat from Victory"
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- Networking Pearl Harbor in the Making J. Oquendo (Nov 07)
- Re: Networking Pearl Harbor in the Making Jared Mauch (Nov 07)
- Re: Networking Pearl Harbor in the Making Robert Boyle (Nov 07)
- Re: Networking Pearl Harbor in the Making Eric Gauthier (Nov 07)
- Re: Networking Pearl Harbor in the Making James Baldwin (Nov 07)
- Re: Networking Pearl Harbor in the Making Eric Germann (Nov 07)
- Re: Networking Pearl Harbor in the Making Blaine Christian (Nov 07)
- Re: Networking Pearl Harbor in the Making Christopher L. Morrow (Nov 07)
- Re: Networking Pearl Harbor in the Making Blaine Christian (Nov 07)
- Re: Networking Pearl Harbor in the Making Tom Sands (Nov 07)
- Re: Networking Pearl Harbor in the Making Warren Kumari (Nov 07)
- Re: Networking Pearl Harbor in the Making Robert Boyle (Nov 07)
- Re: Networking Pearl Harbor in the Making Jared Mauch (Nov 07)