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An ADSL router bug that has aggravated Telstra for seven months and fudged three previous fixes is still marauding the telco's network following postponement of last night's latest patch, leaving peer-to-peer connections still inoperable for some users.
A UK government agency that protects the country's the critical national infrastructure has published details of a flaw in network vendors' equipment.
Networking hardware maker Cisco Systems and the Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) Coordination Centre have warned of a bug in Cisco routers that could allow hackers to disrupt Internet traffic or intercept sensitive information.
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A potentially critical vulnerability has been found in Cisco Systems' Secure Access Control Server (ACS) for Windows servers, which is used to control devices such as routers in large networks.
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