A search for one kind of problem led analysts at the CERT Coordination Center to find another. In August, the security organization had begun to contact vendors to get lpd codes from the makers of various printers in an attempt to . . .
A search for one kind of problem led analysts at the CERT Coordination Center to find another. In August, the security organization had begun to contact vendors to get lpd codes from the makers of various printers in an attempt to create a clearer picture of vulnerabilities surrounding the software packages known as Internet Security Scanners, said Jason Rafail, a security analyst at CERT, which is based at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh.

After conversations with several vendor representatives, CERT found that while the printers manufactured by the vendors weren't vulnerable to ISS problems, the printer networks were vulnerable to outside threats, Rafail said. Printers from IBM's AIX line, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD and Hewlett-Packard Co.'s HP-UX line were all found to have the vulnerability, which could be used to launch denial-of-service attacks.

The link for this article located at ComputerWorld is no longer available.