> This is looking like a complete PR disaster for cisco. They > would have been better off allowing the talk to take place, > and actually fixing the holes rather than wasting money on a > small army of razorblade-equipped censors.
I couldn't disagree more. Cisco are trying to control the situation as best they can so that they can deploy the needed fixes before the $scriptkiddies start having their fun. Its no different to how any other vendor handles a exploit and I'm surprised to see network operators having such an attitude. Regards. Neil.