How safe is the router? Not too safe. “From a security standpoint, 2005 is the year that the router becomes the Achilles heel of the network,
DeepNines’ vision of routers as targets could already be coming true. On Jan. 19, Cisco Systems announced new vulnerabilities for the Internetwork Operating Software (IOS) that runs its routers for Cisco IOS Telephony Service (ITS), Cisco CallManager Express (CME) or Survivable Remote Site Telephony (SRST). According to information from Cisco, “A successful exploitation of this vulnerability may cause a reload of the device and could be exploited repeatedly to produce a Denial of Service (DoS).

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