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No sooner did Cisco Systems Inc. announce the release of the newest version of its routing software than the bugs started to show up.
Cisco's IOS 12.0, which was announced on Dec. 21 (please see "IOS 12.0 integrates prior enhancements," NWC, Jan. 29, 1999, page 10), can crash routers when packets are sent to the devices' syslog port, according to a post from a Cisco official dated Dec. 27, 1998, on the BUGTRAQ mailing list.
The syslog port generates router...