Re: Blitzkrieg Server -- For Real?!

[David Kennedy CISSP <dmkennedy () csi com>]

        Update:  I called Laurence Wood again Thursday asking for the promised
details on their product.  He immediately got defensive, almost hostile.
He again whined about how busy they've been responding to media requests
and getting ready for the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics
Association's TechNet show June 9-11 at the D.C. Convention Center.  Maybe
I should have told him I was a free-lance writer (it could happen)? 
        I tried for the sympathy vote by telling him I owed an answer to my boss
and I'd was expected to come through this week because that was what Wood
promised me last week.  Didn't work.  I tried to get a commitment on when
he'd provide details and couldn't nail him down.
        I note that neither Wood's "FutureVision Group" nor "Network Waffen Und
Munistionsfabriken Group" are listed as exhibitors in the 32-page tabloid
I've received from AFCEA on the TechNet show, although Wood is listed as a
panelist for the "Network-Centric Information Infrastructure Track."  Other
correspondents have pointed out that "Munistionsfabriken" is misspelled in
German, but I can't tell if that was Signal Magazine's fault or
FutureVision's because FVG.COM has removed some pages and links that were
there last week.
        Tonight I received word that George Smith from Crypt Newsletter has had
more success tracing some details down though Signal Magazine, who it seems
are less than satisfied with the outcome from their story.  
        Crypt Newsletter is at:  http://sun.soci.niu.edu/~crypt/
        A colleague was quoted there saying what most have been thinking:
AFCEA member and Computer Virus Myths webmaster, Rob Rosenberger, who is no
stranger to Crypt Newsletter pages, wrote "I couldn't believe it when the
May issue arrived." It was, he wrote, "absolute bullshit."
        Turns out most of the basis to the story rose from FutureVision helping
*one* other company with *one* disgruntled former employee and *one*
sendmail problem.
        This could have been a case study on social engineering, make fantastic
claims and see who gets sucked in.  Seems it's more likely just to be
fantastic (root=fantasy) claims.




Regards,

Dave Kennedy CISSP
International Computer Security Assoc http://www.ncsa.com
Protect what you connect.
Look both ways before crossing the Net.