A special extended edition of Tech Messages for 2007-08-30 through 2007-08-31:

Linux-iSCSI Project - Does anyone use iSCSI?
EOL/EOS for the Cisco 7206VXR Router NPE-400 Bundles (Non-Security) [Cisco 7200 Series Routers] - Cisco Systems - The Cisco 7200VXR series with NPE-400 has a large market penetration. If you have one of these on your network, […]

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Generally speaking, a route server is a network device that does not participate directly in routing, but carries an entire routing table that other devices may refer to. Often times, this is a router that carries the entire Internet BGP routing table (currently over 220,000 routes).
More commonly, a route server is a router that […]

Categories: Networking

Red Hat, Inc.
RHSA-2007:0875 Important: mysql security update
This update addresses mysql packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted authentication request to a MySQL server and cause it to crash resulting in a denial of service. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this […]

Categories: Security Updates

Without much fanfare, Slaptijack broke into the Alexa Top 1,000,000 web sites earlier this week. Although the Alexa ranking is notoriously inaccurate, it does give some gauge of a site’s popularity.
Since Alexa relies on their toolbar to determine the reach of a website, I’d like to thank all the Slaptijack readers that are using […]

Categories: Graphics Design

Apple Inc.
APPLE-SA-2007-08-29 AirPort Extreme Base Station Firmware version 7.2.1
A problem in IPv6 could allow a remote attacker to degrade network performance using type 0 routing headers.

Cisco Systems Inc.
Cisco VPN Client Version 5.0.01.0600 Non MSI Installer Pulled From CCO (CCO Login Required)
This update revises a previously announced update regarding vulnerabilities in the Cisco VPN Client for […]

Categories: Security Updates