Cisco and the tobacco industry

Thu Jul 28 18:49:20 UTC 2005

* J. Oquendo:

> Maybe it is time an authority figure steps in and makes some form of rules
> for vendors to distribute fixes under some form of law. If this flaw of
> Cisco's could lead to the kind of severe damage as Mr. Lynn claims,
> shouldn't it fall on the shoulders of Cisco to get their act together and
> provide a fix as opposed to sending in the hounds (legal shmoes via
> lawsuit) to quash their problems.

But it looks as if Cisco actually did this, and you (and Geo) just
weren't part of the elite circle of operators whose networks are
considered U.S. national critical infrastructure.