NB452: Cisco Makes You Feel Vulnerable; Broadcom 25.6Tbps Routing ASIC Targets Custom Silicon; China Mandates IPv6

Take a Network Break! This week we cover a serious vulnerability in Cisco’s IOS XE network OS, new hardware firewalls from Juniper including a 1.4Tbps beast, and a whitebox offering from Drivenets for building a data center fabric for AI workloads. Palo Alto Networks adds new feature to its cloud platform for secure application development, Broadcom begins shipping a 25.6Tbps routing chip to take on custom routing silicon, and the US FCC takes its next step toward reinstating network neutrality for broadband providers. Chip giant TSMC saw profits drop but still made a mint in its latest quarterly results, and China mandates that router vendors must support IPv6 by default starting December 1, 2023. Get links to all these stories below. Sponsor: BackBox BackBox, the network automation platform for configuration management, device backups, and OS upgrades, is now adding network vulnerability management. This new capability is purpose-built for network teams to quickly discover and prioritize network OS vulnerabilities and then reliably automate patching and upgrades. Find out more at backbox.com/packetpushers. Tech Bytes: Nokia Stay tuned after the news for a sponsored Tech Bytes conversation. We talk custom silicon with sponsor Nokia. Nokia has recently launched its new FPcx silicon for Nokia routers. We’ll talk about the features and capabilities in the new silicon, and the value to service providers and enterprises that custom silicon can bring. Show Links: Actively exploited Cisco 0-day with maximum 10 severity gives full network control – Ars Technica Active exploitation of Cisco IOS XE Software Web Management User Interface vulnerability – Cisco Systems Cisco IOS XE Software Web UI Privilege Escalation Vulnerability – Cisco Systems Juniper Networks Unveils the Industry’s First Distributed Security Services Architecture for Unmatched Scalability and Operational Simplicity – Juniper Networks Juniper Networks Evolves Modern Data Center Security with the Industry’s First Distributed Security Services Architecture – Juniper Networks DriveNets Network Cloud-AI – the Highest-Performance AI Ethernet Solution – is available for order with Broadcom Jericho 3-AI Based White Boxes – DriveNets A Look At Broadcom’s Jericho3-AI Ethernet Fabric: Schedules, Credits, And Cells – Packet Pushers