Questions dog Cisco routers

All the week's news and views about LANs, 08/08/05
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Network World's LANs News Alert

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/nllansalert4608>

No slowdown in software investing, 08/08/05

While network and telecom start-ups this year are beginning to
see some renewed interest from investors, the software sector
continues to attract the most funding, particularly those
companies with products having anything to do with security.
<http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/080805-venture.html?nl>

Unclear costs dampen IPv6 migration, 08/08/05

The dearth of information regarding IPv6 migration costs,
combined with the fact that many organizations are not sold on
the purported benefits offered by the latest version of the
Internet Protocol, is making the case for upgrading difficult to
argue.
<http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/080805-ipv6-cost.html?nl>

3Com CTO spells out strategy, 08/08/05

Marc Willebeek-LeMair talks about from the CTO post of a former
start-up with 105 employees and $5 million in sales to a $700
million company with a workforce 20 times greater.
<http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/080805-3com.html?nl>

Opinion: Protecting Cisco routers from the IPv6 flaw, 08/08/05

Is it true that attack software for exploiting Cisco routers was
publicly released at a recent hacker conference?
<http://www.networkworld.com/nllansalert4609>

Opinion: Networking stories from IT professionals, 08/04/05

I'd like to use today's issue to point to a couple recent
stories we ran in Network World that I think you'll find
interesting.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nllansalert4610>

Newsletter: Tolly tests QoS on Cisco, Extreme switches, 08/02/05

Kevin Tolly recently let me know about another LAN-related test
his firm performed. This one, commissioned by Avaya, pits
Extreme Networks switches against Cisco ...
<http://www.networkworld.com/nllansalert4611>

The top 5: Today's most-read stories

1. First family of Windows Vista viruses unleashed
<http://www.networkworld.com/nllansalert4612>

2. The CEO's sidekick
<http://www.networkworld.com/nllansalert4613>

3. BellSouth sues AT&T
<http://www.networkworld.com/nllansalert4614>

4. Leaked Cisco slides pulled after legal threats
<http://www.networkworld.com/nllansalert4615>

5. Cisco vulnerability posted to Internet
<http://www.networkworld.com/nllansalert4616>
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