Latest Cisco news.
Vendor: Cisco IOS server backdoor may have been planted: Eweek is reporting that a security vendor is questioning whether the IOS FTP Server vulnerability Cisco reported last week could be an intentionally planted backdoor, rather than one that was inadvertently programmed into IOS.
Force10 says it has Cisco Catalyst killer, 05/14/07: Force10 Networks this week launched a mid-range Ethernet switch chassis aimed at taking on boxes such as the Cisco Catalyst 6500 and Foundry Networks’ Super X series at the LAN edge and aggregation layer.
Video: Giving NAC a whirl, 05/14/07: Whirlpool’s pilot of NAC raises hopes hopes for better security and increased use of Web services. Alex Petrov, global principal network architect at Whirlpool explains who the company tested and what those trials entailed on this edition of Voices from IT Roadmap.
Tolly Lab test: Nortel Ethernet routing switch vs. Cisco Catalyst, HP ProCurve: From Brad Reese on Cisco blog: Nortel commissioned The Tolly Group to evaluate the company’s Ethernet Routing Switch (ERS) 2500 switches to determine their frame forwarding rate, throughput, and cost-per-Gigabit of throughput delivered.
