* IOS glitch leaves some Cisco gear open to attack * Network World Fusion Radio: Search engines * E-mail authentication: Cost, standards remain problems * Panel: Gov't backing of supercomputers can aid business * Today on Layer 8
Cisco is warning that its routers and switches could be attacked and made to stop functioning. All someone would have to do is send special DHCP packets to the device. Even if DHCP isn’t configured on the device, it could still be vulnerable. Find out if your Cisco gear is on the list of affected routers and switches, and get the patch today. IOS glitch leaves some Cisco gear open to attack http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/1110cisvuln.html?net
Cisco is warning that its routers and switches could be attacked and made to stop functioning. All someone would have to do is send special DHCP packets to the device. Even if DHCP isn’t configured on the device, it could still be vulnerable. Find out if your Cisco gear is on the list of affected routers and switches, and get the patch today.
IOS glitch leaves some Cisco gear open to attack
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/1110cisvuln.html?net
Network World Fusion Radio: Search engines
Network World’s Jason Meserve writes in with this on our latest radio program: Can Google be knocked off by some of the smaller search engines on the block like Clusty, a9 or AllTheWeb? And what impact will Microsoft’s impending search effort have on the market? Bill Tancer, vice president of research at Hitwise, an online competitive intelligence service that tracks the habits of Web surfers, joins us to discuss the overall search market and where it is heading. Listen now:
https://www.nwfusion.com/research/2004/1111radio.html?net
E-mail authentication: Cost, standards remain problems
E-mail authentication can help fight the growing spam e-mail problem, but vendors need to come up with a single, open standard to avoid confusion and crippling costs for small ISPs, participants in a U.S. government summit said Wednesday.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/1110e-maiauthe.html?net
Panel: Gov’t backing of supercomputers can aid business
If corporate America is to become more competitive with the world, it needs to find ways to leverage government investments in ever more powerful supercomputers so the improved technology finds its way into the private sector.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/1110panelgovt.html?net
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