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RE: Blitzkrieg Server -- For Real?!
From: "Stout, William" <StoutW () pioneer-standard com>
Date: Fri, 08 May 1998 16:00:48 -0400
It's just amateur marketing as found in most resumes. The page with the Signal article is technically obscure, the 'SPS' page looking for security assessment jobs is by a (inactive reserves?) Marine sergeant, not an information security officer. These guys are just starting out, and are new to computer security. A theoretical physicist working out of his house and a retired manager is not going to be able to build a reliable IDS system on their own, as the very experienced elite on this list agree on the lack of total trustability of IDS and the most questionable issue of reactive IDS systems. There are no obvious records of involvement of the theorist with IDS, firewalls, or computer security lists on the Internet. It's better to use a company comprised of experienced information security officers (such as Fortified) for security assessments than a gunman. Bill Stout
----- Original Message ----- From: arager () McGraw-Hill com [SMTP:arager () McGraw-Hill com] Reply To: arager () McGraw-Hill com [SMTP:arager () McGraw-Hill com] Sent: Wednesday, May 06, 1998, 15:59:53 To: Stout, William Subject: Blitzkrieg Server -- For Real?! Hello Wizards, Came across these links on CNN and the May98 issue of Signal Magazine. see: http://www.us.net/signal/CurrentIssue/May98/make-may.html or the vendor's site http://www.fvg.com/ Article describes new technology developed by a Quantum Physics theorist. It's called the Blitzkrieg Server, and seems to be a highly advanced AI engine and counter-attack engine for network security. The counter-attack supposedly viraly infects the entire network that a hacker originates from.....somemhow. Seems to have sparked some interest from the CIA and such. Anyone else heard of this? Seems like pure hype based on fiction to me....Is this pure marketing smoke, or is there some sort of unreal counter-attack technology bundled into this product? Anton Rager arager () McGraw-Hill com ----- End Of Original Message -----
Current thread:
- Blitzkrieg Server -- For Real?! arager (May 07)
- Re: Blitzkrieg Server -- For Real?! David C Niemi (May 09)
- Re: Blitzkrieg Server -- For Real?! Kinczli Zoltan (May 09)
- Re: Blitzkrieg Server -- For Real?! ( LONG ) Nick Drage (May 09)
- Re: Blitzkrieg Server -- For Real?! ( LONG ) Mike Bresina (May 10)
- Re: Blitzkrieg Server -- For Real?! Rick Smith (May 09)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- RE: Blitzkrieg Server -- For Real?! Stout, William (May 09)
- Re: Blitzkrieg Server -- For Real?! dharris (May 09)
- RE: Blitzkrieg Server -- For Real?! Catherine Francis (May 11)
- Re: Blitzkrieg Server -- For Real?! tqbf (May 13)
- RE: Blitzkrieg Server -- For Real?! Safier, Adam (GEIS) (May 11)
- RE: Blitzkrieg Server -- For Real?! Vin McLellan (May 13)
- Re: Blitzkrieg Server -- For Real?! David Kennedy CISSP (May 18)