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Researcher Resigns Over New Cisco Router Flaw

Posted by samzenpus on from the don't-go-down-with-the-ship dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Michael Lynn, formerly a researcher for Internet Security Systems resigned today rather than conceal his research into serious new flaws in Cisco routers, according to stories at Washingtonpost.com and CRN. Interestingly, Cisco says the the problem is not a security vulnerability, although it chided Lynn for not going through proper vulnerability disclosure channels. Both stories note that Lynn is in danger of being sued by Cisco for revealing the information, details of which were pulled at the last minute from the materials handed out to Black Hat attendees." Update: 07/28 12:23 GMT by Z : SimilarityEngine writes "Cisco and ISS are filing a law suit against Michael Lynn and the management of the Black Hat Conference, following Lynn's presentation discussing a vulnerability in IOS."

6 of 423 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Hmmm, perhaps he needs whistleblower protection by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    grow up

  2. A 5 letter word for ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    CISCO - Cr4ppy Internet Security COde

  3. Re:This could have been avoided by using apt-get by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    I look forward to the community's response!

    Your a fuck tard. When will people undestand that not every single thing can be solved with Open Source. Open Source may have a solution for a company, but its not always the route that companys want to take. Sometimes they *want* to have their own stuff so that they have full control over it (IP and everything attached).

  4. Re:This could have been avoided by using apt-get by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait
    Your a fuck tard.


    I believe you're missing an apostrophe. So I guess you're the fucktard.


    By the way, you just got trolled fucking big time, cockbiter. Debian Troll's Best rides again. I still got it.

  5. on a somewhat related topic: by No-op · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    "Would you be more or less likely to vote for the current president in the upcoming election if you knew he was having young girls kidnapped so he could rape them?"

    sounds like another win for the Turd Blossom...

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  6. Re:This could have been avoided by using apt-get by tomstdenis · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Um no, it's a "fuck off we route packets just fine" network.

    We have all of 20 computers, a few servers and other appliances. Why do we need to shell out thousands for a dedicated cisco switch/router block when a 24-port switch we can pick up for cheap will work just fine and a 100$ linksys router will act as a gateway?

    It's stupid yuppies like you that think you need to spend millions on a network just to route packets for a few dozen people...

    Sure if you had 1000s of people you need something a bit more redundant... but less than that and you're wasting money...

    Tom

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