It's not the OS, per se, that's the problem here (well, unless CBOS _is_ the OS).  Somebody figured out how to create a virus that hacks
through the CBOS command set on the modem.  Kinda like if they came up with a way to get your e-net card to hack through to corrupt an AMI
or Award BIOS.  Doesn't matter which OS is running, see?  The Cisco modems could very well be running an embedded version of Linux (probably
not, but ... possible), but the thing running on top, CBOS, would be what was compromised.

-David

George Toft wrote:

> I have been following the series of complaints about the Cisco 67X
> series with regard to its vulnerabilities to Code Red et al.  My
> question, born of ignorance about this beastie, is why can you not
> use a Linux-based router instead?
>