[FYI] Core Internet technology vulnerable to hacking

["Axel H Horns" <axel.h.horns@gmx.net>]

<http://www.salon.com/tech/wire/2004/04/20/internet/index_np.html>

Core Internet technology vulnerable to hacking

Associated Press

April 20, 2004 | WASHINGTON --

Researchers found a serious security flaw that left core Internet 
technology vulnerable to hackers, prompting a secretive effort by 
international governments and industry experts in recent weeks to 
prevent global disruptions of Web surfing, e-mails and instant 
messages.

Experts said the flaw, disclosed Tuesday by the British government, 
affects the underlying technology for nearly all Internet traffic. 
Left unaddressed, they said, it could allow hackers to knock 
computers offline and broadly disrupt vital traffic-directing 
devices, called routers, that coordinate the flow of data among 
distant groups of computers.




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