Mike Lynn is being hailed in some quarters as a hero, but I don't buy it. I'm sure his heart was in the right place when he discussed a serious vulnerability in Cisco routers at the recent Black Hat USA conference, and his courage in quitting his job, rather than be censored by Cisco and his own employer, is admirable.
But that still doesn't make what he did right. My main concern is that now, hackers are working overtime to figure out how to break into these routers and wreak their havoc. Here's what Brian Krebs, the Washington Post's excellent computer security reporter, said in a blog from the conference:
And Keith Ward is a douche-rocket.
