
NB573: Cisco Open-Sources OpenClaw Protection; T-Mobile Taps Starlink for Broadband Redundancy
From Network Break by Packet Pushers
May 4, 2026 · 37 min · Episode 573
About this episode
This episode discusses Cisco's open-sourcing of OpenClaw Protection and T-Mobile's use of Starlink for broadband redundancy, along with critical security updates and technology news.
Take a Network Break! It’s a busy show this week. We start with follow-up on Anthropic’s Project Glasswing, router bans, and end-of-engineering/end-of-support date changes for Fortinet’s FortiOSv7.4. Our Red Alert warns of 13 critical CVEs in the Linux kernel (all of which can be addressed by updating to version 7). On the news front, Cisco ... Read more »
Topics covered
- Cisco
- T-Mobile
- Starlink
- Fortinet
- Linux kernel
- security vulnerabilities
- technology news
Keywords
- Cisco
- T-Mobile
- Starlink
- Fortinet
- Linux kernel
- security vulnerabilities
- technology news
- open-source
- broadband redundancy
- FortiOSv7.4
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Cisco, T-Mobile, Starlink, Fortinet
Products: FortiOSv7.4, Linux kernel
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