Re: symbiot security - april fool's prank ?

[Christian Kreibich <christian () whoop org>]

On Thu, 2004-03-11 at 15:45, Chris Caydes wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
> I have just come across the website and last week's
> press release of a company named Symbiot Security.
> The idea of this "company" is to strike back against
> network-based attackers.
>
> I've seen the information relayed on several technews
> websites, and a (rather funny) discussion on /. about
> it. One suggested on /. that version 2 of the solution
> would "preemptively attack any remote hosts that could
> conceivably pose a threat".
>
> I've seen the similar concept of e-retaliation last
> year, on April 1st, 2003, but it was, of course, an
> april fool's joke.
>
> This looks pretty much like a prank too... Their
> website is at symbiot.com, and contains nothing more
> than 3 PDF files. Is anyone aware of what this really
> is ?

Hi,

likely marketing-exaggerated vapor/hype. A nice thread on this is below,
and will maybe save this list from another symbiot bashing orgy :)

http://www.merit.edu/mail.archives/nanog/msg02177.html

Regards,
Christian.
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