If you work on a fairly spread out network (or have remote clients), you might be managing Cisco Catalyst switches that are far, far away. For a long time, I thought the only option was to have someone on site to pre-configure the switch just enough to get it on the network and accessible. [...]

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In Rare Cases, Small Appending Writes to Cluster Files May Result in Data Integrity Issues - Non-security related update from Sun Microsystems.
Solaris 9 libresolv or DHCP Patches May Cause “in.dhcpd” to Quit - And another non-security related update from Sun Microsystems!
End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco 12000 Series 4-Port OC-48c/STM-16c, and 1-Port OC-192c/STM-64c POS/SDH [...]

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Cisco System has released one security update today.
Wireless ARP Storm Vulnerabilities
This update addresses multiple vulnerabilities in Cisco Wireless LAN Controllers (WLC). A list of confirmed vulnerable hardware is included in List 1 below. Cisco suggests several workarounds and will make software updates available for effected hardware.

List 1. Vulnerable Hardware
Cisco 4100 Series Wireless LAN [...]

Categories: Security Updates

Red Hat announced one new securitu update this morning.
RHSA-2007:0740 Moderate: bind security update
This update addresses one vulnerability in the bind packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 4, and 5. An attacker can predict query IDs and poison the DNS cache (CVE-2007-2926). The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update [...]

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Proximity Detection Perfection: Bluetooth + Asterisk + iPhone - Just when I thought I’d seen all the iPhone related posts I could handle, a really intriguing one comes along.
Top 10 Unofficial Gmail Apps and Add-ons - I recently switched most of my personal accounts over to Gmail. Some of these tools are invaluable.
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