Comments on: Flaw researcher settles dispute with Cisco

Agreement bars further discussion about a presentation on exploiting vulnerabilities in Cisco router software.

[Far Star]

*cough* whitewash *cough*

I'm suprised that C|Net can even put the word 'settlement' in this report with a striaght face ... oh wait, yes I can.

This was not a 'settlement' but a beatdown. Cisco dosen't want anyone to know the dangers and will use ALL of it's strength (which suprising to me is actually considerable) and legal power to bury them. "Cisco plans to release a security advisory on the issue within the next day ..." yeah right. Not likely to actually happen, "plans" can change and often do once the dust settles and media lap dogs (like C|Net) go home. It's just more of the same corporate whitewashing.

Good luck on finding a job Lynn. We appriciate your bravery in facing off with a corprate giant to warn all of the threat that is there. To bad it cost you so much but you have our thanks.

Peace.

[cforsyth]

Who Decides on Our Behalf

The problem here is that Cisco used their legal muscle to decides what's in the "best interests of protecting the Internet". Are they really the best ones to make that call? Seems to me they have a pretty obvious vested interest. I have more faith in neutral security organizations to make that call.

[newerawisp]

CISCO 'S HIGH HANDED ACTION MUST BE DEPLORED

CISCO should have been appologizing the world for the defective products it's unleashing on the world. Instead it is hiring attorneys to sue the people who talk about the defects in its products. Pernanent injunction or no permanent injunction the case emphasizes the need for abandoning the present method of surfing the net that gives too much powers to the owners of the personal computers that are used to surf the net. Not a day passes by when a new defect or a new flaw is discovered. And then the Companies would not allow their employees to talk about the security flaws. Cisco says that the flaw has been fixed. Has it really been fixed? Who will talk about it if it's not really fixed. There are the courts that will injunct a person from talking about it. Cisco should not be allowed to get away. Every reader of these comments should write a letter to Cisco CEO John T. Chambers at Cisco headquarters at 300 East Tasman Drive, San Jose CA 95134-1706

I believe the Cisco matter shows the need to develop a new server based Browser that incorporates multitasking and nanotechnology as discussed at http://www.newerawisp.blogspot.com/ which will eliminate idle processor time besides putting Hackers out of business. The new technology puts the Hackers out of business by preventing the servers from sending any documents to the clients.

[tdallendoerfer]

Cisco

Cisco knew b4 about their flaws in their software. it is a shame they let it come so far, that someone had to tell them about it. And then they give him some hell fire for saving kinda their company. The losses, if a real attack would have ever happend, would have made cisco bankrupt. They should act. make him head of security in my opinion, to improve their routers.

When i hear stupid actions like that from a big company like cisco, i just wish the worst for them. they really should go bankrupt now. cause they knew b4.