Cisco mulls acquiring Nokia, report says

All the week's Cisco news and analysis, 08/08/05
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Cisco mulls acquiring Nokia, report says, 08/08/05

Internet equipment maker Cisco is interested in acquiring Nokia,
the world largest manufacturer of mobile phones, according to
several media reports citing the Sunday Business newspaper.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlciscoalert4597>

Questions dog Cisco routers, 08/08/05

Heavy fallout continues on several fronts from a security
researcher's recent disclosure that unpatched Cisco routers can
be subverted by buffer-overflow attacks and shell-code exploits.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlciscoalert4598>

DKIM fights phishing and e-mail forgery, 08/08/05

DomainKeys Identified Mail is an e-mail authentication proposal
that strengthens user protection from e-mail forgery, and
increases accountability for spam and phishing scams.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlciscoalert4599>

Opinion: Many could crash the 'Net .. but they lack motivation,
08/08/05

I contend that the Internet is vulnerable and it hasn't been
taken down because the bad guys with the wherewithal don't have
the motivation to do so. Consider the terrorists. There are lots
of them all over the world and many of them have the ...
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlciscoalert4600>

Opinion: Controversy surrounds Cisco IOS router exploit talk at
conference, 08/04/05

Although Cisco and Internet Security Systems had sought to halt
a talk at the Black Hat Conference to reveal how unpatched Cisco
routers can be remotely compromised, the talk was delivered
anyway by the ISS researcher who originally uncovered the ...
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlciscoalert4601>

Cisco.com passwords reset after exposure, 08/03/05

Cisco is resetting passwords for all registered users of its
Cisco.com Web site after discovering a vulnerability in its
search engine software that left user passwords exposed, the
company said Wednesday.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlciscoalert4602>

Weblog: Cisco security donnybrook continues, 08/03/05

The story of the Cisco/ISS Security Briefing That Wasn't, But
Then Was Illegally, And Then Was Renounced continues. As you
knew it would. Security researcher Richard Forno has posted
slides...
<http://www.networkworld.com/weblogs/layer8/009689.html?nl>

The top 5: Today's most-read stories

1. First family of Windows Vista viruses unleashed
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlciscoalert4603>

2. The CEO's sidekick
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlciscoalert4604>

3. BellSouth sues AT&T
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlciscoalert4605>

4. Leaked Cisco slides pulled after legal threats
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlciscoalert4606>

5. Cisco vulnerability posted to Internet
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlciscoalert4607>
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