Researcher Resigns Over New Cisco Router Flaw

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."

Comments

Re:Hmmm, perhaps he needs whistleblower protection

[wikki]

The whistleblower protection thing always seemed pretty silly to me. It not like you are going to want to keep your job after you blow the lid on some company.

I guess it also has protections against possible legal action, but this guy doens't sound like he's in any legal trouble.

Re:I took the CCNA

[thundercatslair]

No, only for comedic value. You see in high school I took the useless cisco class it was so dumb that we basicly cheated on every test because all you had to do was open a new window. All we did was slack off and we still got over 90's so I was the only one of my friends to get it, we all laughed for a little while.