Fair enough that you mention that it requires a valid login to trigger this bug. Once logged in there's plenty of nasty things you can do to a Cisco router (or any other) without needing to trigger random bugs.
I've worked in the area for a number of years now supporting both Cisco and Linux based network infrastructure, and I can say with some confidence that on a large scale, bugs in various programs which can lead to total loss of service are hardly rare. DoS bugs exist, and while many will just randomly occur over time, some are able to be triggered at will.
This is why people use strong account policies, passwords, and firewalls to control access to any network device.
It might be mentioning that Cisco TAC is very good, and can usually help resolve such issues expediently, given that you're willing to pay for such services....If you don't have a Cisco contract to obtain support and IOS updates, and depending on what you're doing, maybe you're better off looking at obtaining such support for free by going with other mainstream software (ie GNU/Linux);-)
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Overall not really that expensive, but what is a computer without information (i.e. access to the Internet)?
As important as the cheap computer is, the target market will still need affordable Internet access.
Are any plans being made to toward this ?
(BTW, I realise this is a bit of a chicken/egg problem, however the laptop is obviously the egg here)
Fair enough that you mention that it requires a valid login to trigger this bug. Once logged in there's plenty of nasty things you can do to a Cisco router (or any other) without needing to trigger random bugs.
...If you don't have a Cisco contract to obtain support and IOS updates, and depending on what you're doing, maybe you're better off looking at obtaining such support for free by going with other mainstream software (ie GNU/Linux) ;-)
I've worked in the area for a number of years now supporting both Cisco and Linux based network infrastructure, and I can say with some confidence that on a large scale, bugs in various programs which can lead to total loss of service are hardly rare. DoS bugs exist, and while many will just randomly occur over time, some are able to be triggered at will.
This is why people use strong account policies, passwords, and firewalls to control access to any network device.
It might be mentioning that Cisco TAC is very good, and can usually help resolve such issues expediently, given that you're willing to pay for such services.