Web Attack Crashes TippingPoint IPS
Mysterious Web attack traffic caused some of 3Com Corp.'s TippingPoint IPS devices to crash last week, requiring a hasty patch by the company.Some TippingPoint customers had their IPS (intrusion prevention system) appliances crash while trying to process a specific kind of Internet attack traffic last week.
The company learned of the problem on Friday and issued an update for the TOS (TippingPoint OS) software within hours, said Laura Craddick, TippingPoint's public relations manager.
Wednesday, 18 January 2006 14:03 EST
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