Question:

1. How did Mike Lynn explain his purpose in exposing the vulnerability in the Cisco Internet operating
system? What other purpose might Lynn have had in making his presentation?
Answer:
Mike Lynn and explain his purpose in exposing the vulnerability in the CISCO Internet operating system informing
the ISS and CISCO of his intentions to talk at the Black Hat Conference, a popular meeting of computer hackers,
and three parties enter discussions weighed in the conference managers to decide what information Lynn would be
allowed to convey. His purposes are to protect the country and the nation from network worm.
2. What types of perpetrators might be interested in exploiting the vulnerability of CISCO Internet operating
system?
Answer:
Possible perpetrators that are interested in exploiting the vulnerability in the CISCO Internet operating system
operates are hackers and crackers who break into systems with malicious intent.
3. What factors do the government and industry have to consider in dealing with the hacker and cracker
community?
Answer:
That hackers and crackers are dangerous to the public and can steal identities of known people. They should do
something about it.