Cisco issues security advisory on security appliance

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	Cisco issues security advisory on security appliance Cisco this week issued a security advisory on its IronPort encryption appliances. The appliances contain two vulnerabilities: one that allows remote, unauthenticated access to any file on the device;  and another that allows remote, unauthenticated users to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.There are workarounds available to mitigate these vulnerabilities, and Cisco says it has released... Read More PODCAST: Force10 The Future of Network Design Virtualization will forever change the way networks are designed and built. Are you ready? Get expert advice on how to prepare for data center networking in the virtualization era. Discover where virtualization is headed on the network; strategic initiatives you must undertake; and more. Learn More Now In this Issue US sharpens intellectual property crime battleaxe How to setup Cisco's Flexible NetFlow (FNF) with LEGO Blocks Easy Role-based Access on Cisco Routers–CLI Views Feds Change Cybersecurity Strategy -- Again First glimpse: Cisco OTV BackTrack 4 Final Released Perspectives on the new CCNP SWITCH exam Cisco CEO John Chambers sells 43% of his Cisco stock Cisco's Overlay Transport Virtualization (OTV) is New, but has Potential WHITE PAPER: Tripwire FISMA Prescriptive Guide Learn how Tripwire helps federal agencies, as well as the organizations and contractors that store, process or transmit federal information. The FISMA Prescriptive Guide contains case studies from three fictional federal agencies, each capturing the perspective of a key stakeholder in the FISMA compliance process. Click here. US sharpens intellectual property crime battleaxe After years of criticism, the Department of Justice today set up a task force it says will focus exclusively on battling US and international intellectual property crimes.  Read More How to setup Cisco's Flexible NetFlow (FNF) with LEGO Blocks Network performance vendor - Plixer International believes that Cisco's Flexible NetFlow (FNF) is the future of NetFlow technology. Continuing its role as "NetFlow's technology evangelist," Plixer developed the following tutorial on how to setup standard fields in FNF for inclusion in my ever growing collection of Cisco How-To Tutorials. However, please keep in mind that Plixer is keenly aware... Read More Easy Role-based Access on Cisco Routers–CLI Views Cisco routers are doing so many more things today other than routing that I frequently get asked how can I give such and such group limited, specific access to my router? A common example of this I run into is a customer has routers that are running multiple services: firewall, IPS, VPN, QoS, Voice Gateway, oh and of course routing. The network team typically owns exclusive admin privileges to... Read More WEBCAST: MainSoft Drive SharePoint Adoption in Lotus Notes Shops Lotus customers that have adopted Microsoft SharePoint are struggling to meet their collaboration goals. Mainsoft collaboration experts and featured guest Rob Koplowitz, Principal Analyst, Forrester Research, discuss how to promote SharePoint adoption by integrating it with email and delivering a natural, contextual user experience. Register Now! Feds Change Cybersecurity Strategy -- Again Yesterday the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)announced that it will no longer pursue the Trusted Internet Connect (TIC) initiative first announced in November 2007. TIC was considered one of the cybersecurity efforts making up the Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative (CNCI) which was born out of National Security Presidential Directive (NSPD) 54 and Homeland Security Presidential... Read More First glimpse: Cisco OTV Long distance VMotion via Cisco Overlay Transport Virtualization, or how to succeed at data center extension without really trying Read More BackTrack 4 Final Released On January 11, 2010 the BackTrack team published the official release of BackTrack version 4. It is now possible to download both the traditional ISO and a high-useful VMWare virtual machine image. Now it is even easier to get up and running quickly. I used the final version recently on a security assessment and I am impressed with how this tool kit has grown in functionality and ease of use. ... 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The next day I blogged about Cisco's F2Q10 accounts receivable issue: "Year over year (YOY), Cisco's accounts receivable soared by $1.344 billion, an increase that was a whopping $618 million more than Cisco's net sales increased, which was just a mere $726 million." Fast-forward... Read More Cisco's Overlay Transport Virtualization (OTV) is New, but has Potential About five months ago, I harangued Cisco over their new "Validated Architecture for Long Distance VMotion". In short, I wasn't impressed with Cisco's solution for inter-datacenter L2 connectivity to support VMotion. Read More
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