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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. 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.

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  2. 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?

    1. Re:SLA? by mikkelm · · Score: 3, Informative

      They do. You'll able to use every minor release in your release train free of charge, and they'll be developed for your platform until the product reaches end of life. You don't pay for patches.