UPDATE: Cisco not releasing NAC client as open-source code
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| "Cisco is not open-sourcing CTA," said a Cisco spokesperson this
| week. "Cisco is taking a different approach to being open via
| standards" regarding NAC.
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http://www.networkworld.com/news/2007/022007-cisco-nac.html
Shouldn't standards be fundamental, if not mandatory as well? I guess Cisco
learned from its ally Microsoft that standards don't help build and sustain
a monopoly. Never mind the customer and the rest of the industry
(interoperability, see below).
Closed Skype wants open networks
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| For Skype is a closed system itself, using a proprietary signalling
| protocol, in contrast to the open SIP (Session Initiation Protocol)
| family of industry standards. In addition, the Skype client is closed
| proprietary software - in contrast to the software libre WengoPhone
| project, and in contrast to much of the core infrastructure used by
| VoIP service providers, which is often based on Asterisk, which isa
| vailable under GPL.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/02/22/skype_fcc_open_up/
Related:
(FALSE:) Cisco going open source with NAC client
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| As it develops the next generation of network security infrastructure,
| Cisco Systems Inc. is planning to cease development on its network
| admission control (NAC) client, the Cisco Trust Agent (CTA), and
| submit the source code for the software client to the open
| source community, Bob Gleichauf, CTO of Cisco's Security
| Technology Group, told InfoWorld.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20070208/tc_infoworld/85864_1
Why the world needs openness, not interoperability.
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| This NAC/NAP lovefest would be laughable if it weren't such
| a kick-in-the-teeth to the rest of the industry, enterprise IT, and
| all Internet users. A Cisco/Microsoft oligopoly stalls implementation,
| stifles innovation, and makes the network less secure. In this way, Cisco
| and Microsoft are standing in the way of progress.
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http://news.com.com/2061-11203_3-6112960.html?part=rss&tag=6112960&subj=news
Open source router on par with Cisco, users say
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| "I'd say that any PC we could put [Vyatta OFR] on today is going to be
| way faster than Cisco. I would not be doing backbone routing with this,
| but I would not hesitate to say this will compete against Cisco
| either," Newnam said. "Well, as long as we're not switching half of
| the U.S. of course."
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http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid39_gci1218088,00.html
Cisco exec: Windows Vista is scary
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| "Parts of Vista scare me," Gleichauf said at the Gartner Security Summit
| here on Monday. "Anything with that level of systems complexity will have
| new threats, as well as bringing new solutions. It's always a struggle
| in security, trying to build for what you don't know."
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http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6116823.html
University dumps Cisco VOIP for open-source Asterisk
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| SHSU is in the process of moving its 6,000 students, faculty and staff off
| of Cisco CallManager IP PBXs and a legacy Nortel Meridian PBX over to Linux
| servers running Asterisk...
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http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1646405846;fp;4;fpid;78268965
Skype Reads Your BIOS and Motherboard Serial Number
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| An unreadable executable file coming from Skype sounds interesting,
| so I look at it. It's 46 bytes long. For copyright reasons I can't
| post the file or a complete disassembly. However, I can describe
| the program in terms of 16-bit DOS C:
|
| int main(void)
| {
| fwrite((const void far*) 0xF0000000, 1, 0xFFFF, stdout);
| fwrite((const void far*) 0xF000FFFF, 1, 1, stdout);
| return 0;
| }
|
| It's dumping your system BIOS, which usually includes your
| motherboard's serial number, and pipes it to the Skype application.
| I have no idea what they're using it for, or whether they send
| anything to their servers, but I bet whatever they?re doing is no
| good given their track record.
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http://www.pagetable.com/?p=27
Dumping Cisco for open-source
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| Open-source networking trend is limited so far, but it
| could grow fast
|
| The open-source movement, which has long made inroads
| into corporations via Linux and other enterprise-level
| software, now has a potentially bigger target in its
| cross hairs: the PBXs and network routers from companies
| such as Cisco Systems Inc. that form the basis of
| networking infrastructure.
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http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9004223
http://tinyurl.com/t8cfw
Open source router tempts company to bid Cisco firewall farewell
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| As open source router start-up Vyatta is scheduled to formally launches
| its first appliance this week, one early adopter is using the
| Linux-based gear to replace Cisco technologies.
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http://www.networkworld.com/news/2006/100206-vyatta.html
Cisco warns of vulnerabilities in NAC product
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| The two issues could allow remote attackers to gain control
| of the devices, or glean sensitive data from Clean Access
| customers that could be used to compromise the Clean Access
| Manager (CAM) product, the company said.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20070104/tc_infoworld/84861
Linux to power super-router
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| While the Open Linux Router project is at an early stage, it is
| part of a growing interest in using open source to compete with
| companies such as Cisco in the realms of routers and PBXs.
|
| [...]
|
| Other Linux-based projects targeting firewall and network server include
| ClarkConnect, IPCop, m0n0wall, and Smoothwall. [and Vyatta]
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http://www.techworld.com/networking/news/index.cfm?newsID=7983&pagtype=all
Cisco warns of more router vulnerabilities
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| The intrusion prevention capabilities of Cisco Systems' routers
| could be prone to attack, after the networking giant revealed
| two vulnerabilities in its key operating system.
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http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6159336.html
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