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Secret Repairs Preceded TCP Flaw Release
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.
"The clandestine repair effort livened an already intense period for security pros already juggling a bevy of Windows security patches."
Thank god there were NO linux security problems in that 'period' eh?.
TCP Vuln is a well known attack, way before '98.
MD5 authenticated BGP Sessions have been around for ages, it's just *lazyness* of peering vendors to implement it.
As soon as we remove all the SCO code, we'll release a new version.
When the BBC is faster at reporting geek stories than sloshdot, u know someones smocking 1oz of green a day there in the office at sd.
Liberty freedom are no1, not dicks in suits.