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Cisco Patches 'Black Hat' IOS Flaw

Cisco Systems Inc. has finally issued a comprehensive fix for a critical IOS vulnerability that set off a firestorm of controversy at the Black Hat Briefings earlier this year.

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Cisco Flaw Opens Routers to Attack

"Cisco is suffering from a serious flaw in its router operating system, which might allow execution of remote code: 'Cisco has warned of a new flaw in its IOS router operating system which might be used by attackers to launch denial of service attacks or take over IOS-based devices. The flaw causes to buffer overflow due to incorrect handling of user authentication credentials.'"

Cisco tries to silence researcher

Cisco and ISS have jointly filed for a restraining order to stop a researcher publishing more details on a flaw in the networking firm's kit that 'could bring the Internet to its knees'

Cisco has taken legal action to keep a researcher from further discussing a hack into its router software.

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Cisco 'Cover Up' Ignites Black Hat Controversy

A deal between Cisco and Internet Security Systems to pull a talk about Cisco vulnerabilities at the Black Hat conference in Las Vegas Wednesday has attendees crying cover up and led to the resignation of a prominent researcher.

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Cisco Visio Stencils

Looking for the Cisco Visio stencils? Here they are.......

Linux as syslog server

What to use a Linux server as a syslog server for your Cisco gear? Have a look at this article on how to set it up and get it to work!

Enable SSH on PIX

To enable SSH on a PIX firewall to allow remote administration, look at this......

Cisco Confirms Arrest In Theft Of Its Code

Cisco Systems issued a statement Monday confirming that police in Sweden have arrested a suspect in connection with the theft of its networking equipment source code last year.

A spokesman for the FBI, which began working on the theft last May, said the case is ongoing and declined to offer details.

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More on the Cisco code break in last year

AN FRANCISCO, May 9 - The incident seemed alarming enough: a breach of a Cisco Systems network in which an intruder seized programming instructions for many of the computers that control the flow of the Internet.

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Cisco device to unite security functions

Cisco Systems plans to announce a product that will combine into one box numerous security functions previously available only as separate products.

The new device, called the Adaptive Security Appliance 5500, will be unveiled Tuesday by CEO John Chambers during his keynote address at the Networld+Interop trade show in Las Vegas.

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