Boing Boing: Michael Lynn's controversial Cisco security presentat ion
Fergie (Paul Ferguson)
fergdawg at netzero.net
Fri Jul 29 16:27:44 UTC 2005
Now the FBI is investigating Lynn for criminal wrongdoing?
Kim Zetter writes in Wired News this morning that:
[snip]
The FBI is investigating a computer security researcher for criminal conduct after he revealed that critical systems supporting the internet and many networks have a serious software flaw that could allow someone to crash or take control of the routers.
[and]
The FBI declined to discuss the case.
[snip]
http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,68356,00.html
- ferg
>
> Over on Boing Boing:
>
> [snip]
>
> Here's a PDF that purports to be Michael Lynn's presentation
> on Cisco's critical vulnerabilities ("The Holy Grail: Cisco
> IOS Shellcode And Exploitation Techniques"), delivered at
> last week's Black Hat conference. Lynn's employer, ISS,
> wouldn't let him deliver the talk (they'd been leant on by
> Cisco), so Lynn quit his job, walked onstage and delivered it
> anyway. (See yesterday's post and Scheneier's take for more).
> 1.9MB PDF Link
>
> [snip]
>
> http://www.boingboing.net/2005/07/29/michael_lynns_contro.html
>
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