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	Cisco firewalls hit again by DoS condition Cisco is reporting "multiple vulnerabilities" in the firewall services module for its Catalyst 6500 switch and 7600 series router. Cisco issued a security advisory on the vulnerabilities here. The glitches may cause the firewall module to reload after processing crafted SunRPC or certain TCP packets. Repeated exploitation could result in a sustained Denial of Service condition, the Cisco advisory states.... Read More WHITE PAPER: HP ROI of Switched Ethernet Networking Solutions IDC interviewed several organizations to determine their future networking strategies. Learn how they built a foundation to meet network switch demands with an average 5.7 month payback and zero annual maintenance fees. 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How Microsoft ranks with the most tardy bug fixers When HP's Tipping Point issued an ultimatum today to software vendors to fix and reveal to the public software vulnerabilities within six months, Aaron Portnoy, manager of security research at Tipping Point, directed me to a page on the company's Zero Day Initiative (ZDI) site that lists all the vulnerabilities known to ZDI and to the software vendors but for which a patch hasn't yet been developed;... Read More Amazing telescopes produce hot space images They may not have the sexiness of their space-born brethren but the world's ground based telescopes routinely pump out some of the world's most important space observations and discoveries. Recently there has been a ton of new discoveries and great images from ground-based telescopes across the world. 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Read More Indonesia presses RIM over its BlackBerry service Indonesia is continuing to press Research In Motion (RIM) to allow monitoring of BlackBerry data for security reasons, a request made last year but renewed as the Canadian company feels similar pressure from other countries. Read More Fighting today's malware How bad is it? Worse than you think. Here's what the new breed of malware looks like -- and what you can do to stop it Read More WHITE PAPER: HP Is your WAN designed with your applications in mind? WAN sourcing has been based on the cost of bandwith and availability. The focus is increasing on sourcing WAN solutions that can meet business needs for application performance. Read about Gartner's structured methodology to design a WAN that both performs well and is cost effective. 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