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From Tony Bradley, CISSP-ISSAP, Former About.com Guide to Network Security

Hackers Try To Exploit Cisco Flaw

Monday August 1, 2005
The hacker community is fervently trying to exploit a controversial flaw in the Cisco operating system that controls much of the routing and switching equipment that run the Internet and corporate networks around the world. Michael Lynn presented evidence of the vulnerability at the Blackhat conference last week, sparking intense battles and legal injunctions. For more about the vulnerability and the battle surrounding it, read this Yahoo News article Hackers race to expose Cisco Internet flaw .
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