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Cisco Router Hack Inspires New Patching Religion

Posted by timothy on from the which-wire-to-cut-first? dept.

ancientribe writes "The dirty little secret about patching routers is that many enterprises don't bother — for fear of the fallout any changes to their Cisco router software could have on the rest of their infrastructure. But the recent discovery of a way to easily hack these devices has put pressure on organizations to change their ways and patch. This article in Dark Reading gives tips on how to patch without taking down the network, including input from Cisco's own director of IT on how Cisco itself handles router patching."

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  1. Guidelines = Religion? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

    I suppose that's all religions really are, a loose set of beliefs, policies, and procedures that should be followed to make the world a better place.

    1. Re:Guidelines = Religion? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

      Cute,
      Shall we apply all of the horrors that Atheists have committed to all Atheists as well?

      No, I didn't think so. Try not to confuse the horrors of what people have done in the name of $foo with $foo itself.

      Normally I would ignore it, but your sig shows that you're not a troll but you actually believe it.

    2. Re:Guidelines = Religion? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

      In the bible it says: 'Do unto others as you would have done to you'.

      If you judge Christians by how they fare in following this rule, then no true Christian has ever committed an atrocity.

      Oh, there are a lot of people who *say* they are Christians, sure, there are also a lot of people who *claim* to be atheists.

    3. Re:Guidelines = Religion? by neomunk · · Score: 2, Insightful

      Lessee... Yeah, I think this is appropriate...

      In Soviet Russia, religion denies YOU!

  2. Not fear, just a respect for reality by Glendale2x · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Fear? What the hell? It's well known that infrastructure collapsing bugs are frequently introduced. Some trains of IOS have a horrible reputation depending on your platform. And playing in T train land? Good luck with that game of Russian roulette.

    --
    this is my sig
    1. Re:Not fear, just a respect for reality by dave562 · · Score: 2, Insightful

      This has been my experience as well. Cisco hardware seems to be rock solid once you get it configured. However it often times falls into the, "If it ain't broke, don't even think about fucking touching it." mentality.

  3. SLA? by doas777 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    if they want me to patch my router, then they should give me the patch for free, don't you think?

  4. getting the patches is the problem by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

    The dirty little secret about patching routers is that you can't just download the damned things. Why do I need to be certified and SLA'ed 3 ways round, or go to some third party, just to get it ?

    up yours Cisco !