Cisco Harasses Security Researcher

Bruce Schneier:

I’ve also written about how security companies treat vulnerabilities as public-relations problems first and technical problems second. This week at [BlackHat], security researcher Michael Lynn and Cisco demonstrated both points.

Lynn was going to present security flaws in Cisco’s IOS, and Cisco went to inordinate lengths to make sure that information never got into the hands of the their consumers, the press, or the public.

★ Monday, 1 August 2005