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Maverick joins Army for network security
From: William Knowles <wk () C4I ORG>
Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2000 01:19:38 -0500
http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2000/1016/web-infowar-10-19-00.asp BY George I. Seffers 10/19/2000 The Army will use a new product from General Dynamics Electronic Systems for testing network vulnerabilities and for training soldiers to respond to cyberattacks. General Dynamics delivered the product, dubbed Maverick, on Oct. 17. The company bills Maverick as "the first commercially available Internet security software to combine Internet reconnaissance and Internet attack capabilities." The contractor funded development of the product jointly with the Army Communications-Electronics Command, Fort Monmouth, N.J., under a dual-use science and technology program. The product is designed to help users identify network security flaws, to evaluate information system performance while under cyberattacks and to respond to attacks in a controlled environment. Maverick hosts network reconnaissance tools used to locate network security holes in computers, operating systems, applications and security devices. It also includes a suite of scripted attacks commonly used by cyber intruders, but users can also add their own attack scripts, according to a General Dynamics source. "If an organization says its networks are as secure as Fort Knox, my question is, "How do you know?" said John Stewart the companys president. "General Dynamics can answer that question by exposing networks to controllable tests run by professionals with world-class credentials." The product runs on personal computers or laptops running Microsoft Corp.s Windows 2000 and can test any operating system that can communicate over the Internet. *==============================================================* "Communications without intelligence is noise; Intelligence without communications is irrelevant." Gen Alfred. M. Gray, USMC ================================================================ C4I.org - Computer Security, & Intelligence - http://www.c4i.org *==============================================================* ISN is hosted by SecurityFocus.com --- To unsubscribe email LISTSERV () SecurityFocus com with a message body of "SIGNOFF ISN".
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