digital8
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 Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2005 10:26 pm Post subject: Hackers at Defcon race to expose Cisco Internet flaw |
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'We're doing this ... because someone said you can't,' says one hacker
Computer hackers worked through the weekend to try and expose a flaw that could allow an attacker to take control of the Cisco Systems Inc. routers that direct traffic across much of the Internet.
Angered and inspired by Cisco's attempts to suppress news of the flaw last week, several computer security experts at the Defcon 13 computer-security conference worked past midnight Saturday to discover and map out the vulnerability.
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http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/hacking/story/0,10801,103607,00.html?source=NLT_PM&nid=103607 |
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