Cisco inadvertently weakens password encryption in its IOS

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Top Metro apps for Windows 8 power users Inside the latest Internet Explorer vulnerability Network World Daily News PM March 20, 2013 Share this email Cisco inadvertently weakens password encryption in its IOS The password encryption algorithm used in some recent versions of the Cisco IOS operating system is weaker than the algorithm it was designed to replace, Cisco revealed earlier this week. READ MORE   Issue highlights 1. Top Metro apps for Windows 8 power users 2. Inside the latest Internet Explorer vulnerability 3. Ranking the Top 10 Cloud Startups 4. INSIDER Google Apps broker exploits enterprise concerns about Microsoft's Office changes 5. Industry coalition objects to Google's domain names applications 6. Has Google deindexed Digg (as it would appear)? 7. DOJ & SEC allegedly investigating Microsoft over bribery allegations in 3 countries 8. Is the World Ready for the Intersection of Software Defined Networking (SDN) and Network Security? 9. 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