RE: Boing Boing: Michael Lynn's controversial Cisco security presentat ion

["Fergie (Paul Ferguson)" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

Now the FBI is investigating Lynn for criminal wrongdoing?

Kim Zetter writes in Wired News this morning that:

[snip]

The FBI is investigating a computer security researcher for criminal conduct after he revealed that critical systems 
supporting the internet and many networks have a serious software flaw that could allow someone to crash or take 
control of the routers.

[and]

The FBI declined to discuss the case.

[snip]

http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,68356,00.html

- ferg




> Over on Boing Boing:
>
> [snip]
>
> Here's a PDF that purports to be Michael Lynn's presentation 
> on Cisco's critical vulnerabilities ("The Holy Grail: Cisco 
> IOS Shellcode And Exploitation Techniques"), delivered at 
> last week's Black Hat conference. Lynn's employer, ISS, 
> wouldn't let him deliver the talk (they'd been leant on by 
> Cisco), so Lynn quit his job, walked onstage and delivered it 
> anyway. (See yesterday's post and Scheneier's take for more). 
> 1.9MB PDF Link
>
> [snip]
>
> http://www.boingboing.net/2005/07/29/michael_lynns_contro.html