Cute..like they didn't know any better, sheesh!
>http://www.silicon.com/public/door?6004REQEVENT=&REQINT1=52897&REQSTR1=silicon.com > >Wednesday 24th April 2002 > >Cisco has been forced to close an online registration form after >neglecting to secure the web page. > >The page was part of a marketing programme which offered Cisco's >second-tier resellers in Europe the chance to increase marketing funds >if they upped sales of certain Cisco products. > >But applicants registering for the programme online discovered their >banking and company details were going onto an open web page. When one >irate silicon.com reader called the Cisco helpdesk, he was informed >that the company was aware of the problem because several other users >had complained. > >Helpdesk staff recommended that users enter fake details on the web >and forward the real information in the post, a course of action our >reader regarded as an extreme waste of time. > >In a statement, Cisco said it had pulled the registration URL for 48 >hours to install SSL (secure sockets layer) - a common way of securing >web pages. > >A spokesman for the company said: "I can only put it down to an >unfortunate oversight in corporate procedure¬ a great deal of >people have been affected but that's no excuse." > >The registration site had been running for 10 days before it was taken >down on Monday. Cisco said just 100 people had registered in that >time.