| New features can open up Cisco IOS to hackers
New features embedded in Cisco IOS like VoIP and Web services -- which could be enabled by default -- can present an opportunity for hackers, according to this story in SearchSecurity.com. A security researcher at this week's Black Hat conference in Las Vegas delivered a presentation in which he outlined ways hackers can infiltrate Cisco routers through these new IOS features. BGP vulnerabilities in Cisco IOS
Cisco last week issued -- and today updated -- a security advisory for its IOS software. The vulnerability has to do with 4-byte Autonomous System numbers in BGP updates. Alcatel-Lucent revenue decline continues in Q2
Alcatel-Lucent reported second-quarter revenue down 4.8 percent year on year, but still expects to break even for the full year, excluding costs related to the three-year-old merger between Lucent Technologies and Alcatel. Among the signs of hope are an 8.5 percent increase in revenue compared to the first quarter, the company reported Thursday. HP researchers say browser-based 'Veiled' make darknets a snap
Darknets – private networks carved out of the Internet to allow peer-to-peer sharing – can be quickly and easily created among Web browsers making it possible for people to participate anonymously and for the darknet itself to vanish with barely a trace when all the participants close their browsers, researchers told Black Hat yesterday. Enter to win a Cisco training course worth $3,495
Cisco Subnet welcomes Global Knowledge Training as a contributor to Cisco Subnet. In honor of this partnership, Global Knowledge is offering a free Cisco training course worth up to $3,495 to be given away to one lucky reader. In-line monitoring vs. NetFlow or sFlow
Which is better, in-line monitoring or NetFlow? Like all loaded questions, it depends. Is it time to upgrade my IOS?
How are you tracking the IOS status in your network? It isn't an easy task, even for veteran network engineers. Cisco WAAS rival Riverbed looking to buy?
Riverbed might be on the acquisition trail, according to this dispatch from TheStreet.com. August Giveaways
Cisco Subnet is giving away training from Global Knowledge and 15 copies of Practical Intrusion Analysis; Microsoft Subnet is giving away training from Global Knowledge and 15 copies of SCCM 2007 Unleashed. Google Subnet is giving away 15 copies of Web Geek's Guide to Google Chrome. Entry forms can be found on the Cisco Subnet, Microsoft Subnet and Google Subnet home pages. Deadline for entries is August 31. Network World on Twitter? You bet we are | 
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