From the monthly archives: July 2009

Undersea cable connect east Africa to high speed networks

By On July 30, 2009 · 1 Comment

An undersea cable plugging east Africa into high speed Internet access went live Thursday, providing an alternative to expensive satellite connections.
The cable links southern Africa to Europe and Asia.

SEACOM, the cable provider company, opened its 17,000 kilometer submarine cable, capable of 1.28 terabytes per second, allowing the region true connectivity.

Most Africans rely on expensive and slow satellite connections, which make the use of applications such as YouTube and Facebook extremely trying.

“This is going to reduce the cost of doing business [...]

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Active Template Library (ATL) Vulnerability

By On July 30, 2009 · 1 Comment

Certain Cisco products ( Cisco Unity 4.x, 5x., and 7.x ) that use Microsoft Active Template Libraries (ATL) and headers may be vulnerable to remote code execution.

In some instances, the vulnerability may be exploited against Microsoft Internet Explorer to perform kill bit bypass. In order to exploit this vulnerability, an attacker must convince a user to visit a malicious web site.

Cisco will release free software updates for products that are affected by this vulnerability. Workarounds that mitigate this vulnerability are available.

This [...]

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Multiple Vulnerabilities in Cisco Wireless LAN Controllers

By On July 30, 2009 · Leave a Comment

Multiple vulnerabilities exist in the Cisco Wireless LAN Controller (WLC) platforms. This security advisory outlines the details of the following vulnerabilities:

Malformed HTTP or HTTPS authentication response denial of service vulnerability
SSH connections denial of service vulnerability
Crafted HTTP or HTTPS request denial of service vulnerability
Crafted HTTP or HTTPS request unauthorized configuration modification vulnerability

Cisco has released free software updates that address these vulnerabilities.

This advisory is posted at: http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-sa-20090727-wlc.shtml

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What’s the deal with the new Cisco Architect Certification

By On July 10, 2009 · 2 Comments

In the last weeks more and more people are speaking about the new Cisco Architect Certification. The truth is that the details about this certification is still very unclear and nobody seems to know in which direction this will head to.

Let’ see what I understood from the process of achieving this certification.

First, at the basic level, you need to have a valid CCDE certification to be able to apply for Architect certification. Application for this certification will involve your CCDE number, a Resume [...]

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Routing + QoS + Security all free for you and your small business

By On July 9, 2009 · 2 Comments

OK, you catch me as this is not from Cisco, but is related to networking and security, so I believe it fit in the idea of this blog. What I’m talking about here?! Well, let’s assume that you are the IT guy of one small business or even your home network, and like all of us, you want what’s the best for your network. With today’s key words (even I don’t understand why) like saving, cost reduction, zero budget for new deployments no manager will [...]

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New Cisco certifications announced

By On July 6, 2009 · 1 Comment

Source: https://cisco.hosted.jivesoftware.com/docs/DOC-5365

As this are quite new to me, I do not have too much to comment on the subject. Cisco Certifies Architect seems to be the new “hit” from Cisco regarding the knowledge and experience that a candidate has to achieve before applying, but also in regarding the amount of money that this will cost. Since I only heard rumors I will not write here the price, but is sure that is not accessible to any individual.

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Cisco Catalyst 3750 & 3560 Series Switches

By On July 2, 2009 · Leave a Comment

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