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Secret Repairs Preceded TCP Flaw Release

Posted by michael on from the cover-your-assets dept.

efranco cuts and pastes: "Only the math had changed. But the emergence of a workable exploit for an old TCP security hole prompted a secret initiative to fix the Internet, giving network operators a week to secure vulnerable routers. The clandestine repair effort livened an already intense period for security pros already juggling a bevy of Windows security patches." We ran a story on a this a few days ago.

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  1. The Internet's broken? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    When will I be able to download a fixed version?

  2. Secret repairs! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    The best kind!

    "What are you doing?"

    "Can't tell you."

    "When will you be done?"

    "Can't say."

    "Is there anything you can tell me?"

    "This will save your life."

    "Really?"

    "No."

  3. Paradox by Prince+Vegeta+SSJ4 · · Score: 5, Funny
    The TCP issue publicized yesterday was publicly known as early as 1998

    Yesterday was 1998? Whew, I thought it was 2004 and 6 years of my life were wasted