Routers Get Security Patches

Link: Om Malik on Broadband ? Cisco & Juniper Holes & Flaws.

In an increasingly networked world, not a day goes by when some company or the other reports problems with its gear. Cisco’s IOS is showing its age, and the number of flaws and vulnerabilities is being reported on a much more regularity. Barely a week after it reported VoIP related flaw, there is news of three more denial of service (DoS) flaws in Cisco IOS, and this involved who the IOS handles MPLS packet processing, IPv6 and border gateway protocol.

Juniper is having its own set of problems. According to Broadband Reports forums, Juniper had to rush out a patch to large ISPs.