Re: JETPLOW

All of the Cisco models in the report are EoL or EoL announced. Amazes me
when organizations worried about security cleave to older firewall
technologies. This is one spot it is worth sticking to a healthy refresh
cycle (3 years MAX!). Only a liability when dragging life out of an older
security asset. Article is case and point Thanks for sharing!

-Marc

Marc Edwards
CCIE #38259

On Mon, Dec 30, 2013 at 1:54 PM, Carl Gosselin
<carl.gosselin_at_altizone.com>wrote:

> Just love the code name...
> Cottonmouth... Means everything!!
>
> > On Dec 30, 2013, at 16:50, Matthew George <mgeorge_at_geores.net> wrote:
> >
> > Just for the record I'm not saying that these documents are factually
> > correct.
> >
> > However with all the things that have come to light this past year, if
> and
> > that is a BIG IF, these documents were to be accurate than such a
> > vulnerability is scary.
> >
> > At the end of the day, Edward Snowden wouldn't be the number one
> fugitive of
> > the united states government if he was releasing bullshit right?
> >
> > Personally I think this one is pretty cool;
> >
> > http://leaksource.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/nsa-ant-cottonmouth-i.jpg
> >
> > Anywho...
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Carl Gosselin [mailto:carl.gosselin_at_altizone.com]
> > Sent: Monday, December 30, 2013 4:40 PM
> > To: Matthew George
> > Cc: groupstudy
> > Subject: Re: JETPLOW
> >
> > That is sure to reopen the debate about open source software vs
> > proprietary...
> >
> > I'm not even touching the question about if Ed Snowden is a traitor or a
> > patriot...
> >
> > Happy new year!!
> >
> > -Carl
> >
> >> On Dec 30, 2013, at 16:00, Matthew George <mgeorge_at_geores.net> wrote:
> >>
> >> While chatting in #cisco on irc.freenode.net some interesting links
> >> started getting posted to several NSA leaked documents that got
> >> released last night at 3:17am
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> One of them that particularly caught my eye was JETPLOW.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> http://leaksource.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/nsa-ant-jetplow.jpg
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Wanted to open the door to discussion, opinions, comments.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> There is also another leak related to Juniper called FEEDTHROUGH
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> http://leaksource.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/nsa-ant-feedthrough.jpg
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Apparently these leaks are just now hitting main stream and there are
> >> dozens more just like them for every major vendor.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> The question that keeps repeating in my head is, If the NSA can
> >> compromise corporate firewalls through the use of these backdoor
> >> technologies, than what is to prevent other countries from doing the
> >> same with malicious intent? After all these are the very types of
> >> hardware that typically protect the power grid infrastructure, financial
> > systems, hospitals, etc.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> -Matt
> >>
> >>
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