Money Problem

摘要

Another Week, another couple of security holes—and this time they're not from Microsoft. Instead of affecting an application or operating system, these problems threaten the entire Internet (see story, page 1). The easy one to fix is in Cisco routers and switches; Cisco has a patch that blocks the problem. Good thing, too, because that one poses the more immediate threat. The other vulnerability is with the Transmission Control Protocol—the TCP in TCP/IP. TCP is used everywhere on the Internet. And the best way to solve that problem may be to throw money at it.