NetFlash: Questions dog Cisco routers

NetFlash: Questions dog Cisco routers
08/08/05

In this issue:

* Questions dog Cisco routers
* IT staff shortage looming
* Anti-spyware firm warns of massive ID theft ring
* Cisco mulls acquiring Nokia, report says
* Salesforce.com: the next Microsoft?
* Radio: ITIL realities
* Today on Layer 8
* Links related to NetFlash
* Featured reader resource
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GARTNER'S SECURITY HYPE-O-METER

What is hype and has it influenced your network security
efforts? At a recent Gartner security summit, analysts described
what they say are "The Five Most Overhyped Security Threats,"
risks that have been overblown and shouldn't be scaring everyone
as much as they seem to be. For more, click here:
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NETFLASH: BREAKING NEWS FROM NETWORKWORLD.COM

By Sheryl Hodge

Heavy fallout continues on several fronts from Michael Lynn's
recent disclosure that unpatched Cisco routers can be subverted
by buffer-overflow attacks and shell-code exploits. Among the
developments last week: Cisco continually revised its security
bulletin, adding details as to how versions of unpatched IOS
software could be undermined by a "specifically crafted IPv6
packet." Sources at Cisco say testing will continue indefinitely
and could include findings related to more than simply
IPv6-related exploits.
Questions dog Cisco routers
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash4571>

IT staff shortage looming

Outsourcing. Automation. Downsizing. The industry has been awash
in unemployed IT pros. But experts are now predicting an IT
staffing crunch is just around the corner, and the implications
for U.S. technology innovation are sobering.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash4572>

Anti-spyware firm warns of massive ID theft ring

Officials at Sunbelt Software, a vendor of anti-spyware tools,
said the company stumbled upon a massive ID theft ring that is
using a well-known spyware program to break into and
systematically steal confidential information from an unknown
number of computers worldwide.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash4573>

Cisco mulls acquiring Nokia, report says

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/nlnetflash4574>

Salesforce.com: the next Microsoft?

Summit Strategies President Tom Kucharvy argues in a new report
that the application service provider could pull it off. New
Salesforce.com products are giving enterprise developers the
tools to create entirely new applications atop the company's
online, ondemand Salesforce and Supportforce applications.
<http://www.networkworld.com/weblogs/applications/009708.html>

Radio: ITIL realities

This week, Network World Senior Editor Denise Dubie chats with
Michele Hudnall, director of service management at software
vendor Managed Objects, about the realities of ITIL. Listen in:
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash4575>

Today on Layer 8, Category 4 funny:

California auto club fires 27 for Web posts; Microsoft heads to
LinuxWorld; Cisco's Jim Grubb, celebrity look-alike; and the
winner of the latest Weekly Caption Contest; all this today and
more at your home for not-just-networking news.
<http://www.networkworld.com/weblogs/layer8/?net&story=layer8>

The top 5: Today's most-read stories

1. First family of Windows Vista viruses unleashed
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash4576>

2. The CEO's sidekick
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash4479>

3. BellSouth sues AT&T
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash4577>

4. Leaked Cisco slides pulled after legal threats
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash4462>

5. Cisco vulnerability posted to Internet
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash4465>
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To contact: Sheryl Hodge

Sheryl Hodge is the Senior Online Copy Chief for Network World
Fusion. She can be reached at <mailto:shodge@nww.com>
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This newsletter is sponsored by Nokia
Empower Your Mobile Enterprise

Nokia believes that business mobility will fundamentally change
the way work gets done-and for the better. To allow the entire
organization to get the most from this paradigm shift in
productivity, Nokia Enterprise Solutions focuses on delivering
increased efficiency through enhanced mobility. Learn more by
downloading this white paper today!
http://www.fattail.com/redir/redirect.asp?CID=109952
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NetFlash breaking news:
http://www.networkworld.com/news/netflash.html
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