1. Peers Say Cisco Ended Up Wearing the Black Hat.
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Kelly, C. J.
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CONFERENCES & conventions , *COMPUTER security , *DATA protection , *COMPUTER software , *COMPUTER industry , *INFORMATION technology - Abstract
This article focuses on the commotion that happened in the July 2005 Black Hat USA briefings in Las Vegas, Nevada. The year's event was more newsworthy than most because of the flap that resulted when Michael Lynn gave his talk about Cisco Systems Inc.'s IOS vulnerability. Comments about Lynn's choice to disclose the vulnerabilities were very interesting. Angst could be seen over the whole issue of when and where it is appropriate to disclose vulnerabilities that could have a global impact.
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- 2005