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Cisco, ISS File Injunction to Gag Researcher, Black Hat (Site not responding. Last check: ) |
 | | The two companies jointly filed an injunction and temporary restraining order Wednesday against researcher Michael Lynn and the Black Hat Briefings Conference, demanding that Lynn and Black Hat Inc. stop disseminating information on security holes in IOS (Internetwork Operating System) that Cisco Systems Inc. alleges was illegally obtained. |
 | | A Black Hat spokesperson said she was not aware that the companies had taken legal action. |
 | | On Wednesday, Black Hat organizers announced that a planned talk on the IOS hole would be cancelled, prompting Lynn to resign his position at ISS (Internet Security Systems Inc.) and give the talk anyway, to a packed audience of security experts and hackers. |
| www.channelinsider.com /article2/0,1895,1841338,00.asp (854 words) |
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