RE: Tuning false positives - SIM is not the answer

[Mike Owen <kyphros () gmail com>]

On 1/13/06, Matthew Caldwell <mcaldwel () micromuse com> wrote:
> You could always solicit to have the source for the Linux/GNU/GPL'ed
> apps to be published from Cisco. Linksys had the same problem because
> they could have modified the code. The same thing could be applied from
> another perspective for other products out on the market.
>
> Matt

That wouldn't work. The only GPL code on there is RedHat 7.2, the
source of which is available. Everything else is Cisco/Protego IP,
which they are under no obligation to release.

Mike

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