NetFlash: Furor over Cisco IOS router exploit erupts at Black Hat

You’ve got to read this bizarre story that keeps getting more bizarre as we get more information. Cisco and ISS were supposed to give a demo this week on a particular way to hack IOS – but Cisco suddenly nixed the idea and even sent folks with razor blades to the conference to cut the presentation out of the conference materials. Then the ISS guy who was told not to give the demo went ahead and did it anyway. He was fired. And then there’s the whole question of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s involvement in all this. Furor over Cisco IOS router exploit erupts at Black Hat http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/072805-cisco-black-hat.html?net&story=072805-cisco-black-hat

You’ve got to read this bizarre story that keeps getting more bizarre as we get more information. Cisco and ISS were supposed to give a demo this week on a particular way to hack IOS – but Cisco suddenly nixed the idea and even sent folks with razor blades to the conference to cut the presentation out of the conference materials. Then the ISS guy who was told not to give the demo went ahead and did it anyway. He was fired. And then there’s the whole question of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s involvement in all this.

Furor over Cisco IOS router exploit erupts at Black Hat

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/072805-cisco-black-hat.html?net&story=072805-cisco-black-hat

VoIP security threats: Fact or fiction?

ISS, coincidentally, recently pointed out a security flaw in Cisco’s VoIP offering, which prompted this in-depth look at whether VoIP in general is really secure.

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/072505-voip-security.html?net&story=072505-voip-security

Lenovo leads effort to build 1,000 TFLOPS supercomputer

China’s Lenovo Group has begun work on a project to build a computer that is nearly 10 times more powerful than the world’s fastest supercomputer, a company spokeswoman confirmed Thursday.

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/072805-lenovo-tflops.html?net&story=072805-lenovo-tflops

Layoffs redux: CA cuts another 5% of staff

Computer Associates  plans to cut 800 positions worldwide, around 5% of its workforce, in a restructuring effort aimed at saving $75 million annually. CA will finish most of the worldwide layoffs by the end of 2005, the company said.

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/072705-ca-layoffs.html?net&story=072705-ca-layoffs

Weblog: IT Borderlands

Ken Fasimpaur looks at the release of Firefox 1.0.6, less than two weeks after Firefox 1.0.5 in his latest post: “Speed Versus Accuracy: The Constant Dilemma.” See what Ken has to say, then vote in his poll.

http://www.networkworld.com/community/?q=borderlands

Today on Layer 8, where we’re running too late to write something funny here:

Shuttle launch pulls in large Webcast numbers; not-surprising news of the day – teens hooked on the ‘Net; 10-year-old becomes Microsoft engineer; and NASA grounds Shuttle fleet; all this today and more at your home for not-just-networking news.

http://www.networkworld.com/weblogs/layer8/?net&story=layer8