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Re: symbiot security - april fool's prank?
From: "Brian Blankenship" <security () packetinfo net>
Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2004 11:08:07 -0500
The site looks real enough, but several things bother me. 1) the countdown ends on April Fool's day, 2) they have an O'Reily link right on the first page. Remember a couple of years ago when O'Reiley announced that Perl and Python were merging into a new language called Parrot? There was some pretty convincing collaboration... http://www.oreilly.com/parrot/ http://www.perl.com/pub/a/2001/09/18/parrot.html http://www.oreilly.com/news/parrotstory_0401.html As real as this appears to be, I think it is a hoax. -brian -- Opinions expressed are either that of my own, or someone else's. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Chris, it's real and it's real scary. We spoke to them about their product (and then quickly determined it wasn't what we were looking for). This article does a good job of hitting the major issues - i.e. legal, ethical, and spoofed sources becoming your targets. http://news.zdnet.co.uk/0,39020330,39148215,00.htm -Rob -----Original Message----- From: Chris Caydes [mailto:chris_caydes () yahoo com] Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2004 10:46 AM To: focus-ids () securityfocus com Subject: symbiot security - april fool's prank ? 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 ? Regards Chris __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Search - Find what you're looking for faster http://search.yahoo.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Free 30-day trial: firewall with virus/spam protection, URL filtering, VPN, wireless security Protect your network against hackers, viruses, spam and other risks with Astaro Security Linux, the comprehensive security solution that combines six applications in one software solution for ease of use and lower total cost of ownership. Download your free trial at http://www.securityfocus.com/sponsor/Astaro_focus-ids_040301 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Test your IDS Is your IDS deployed correctly? Find out by easily testing it with real-world attacks from CORE IMPACT. Visit: www.coresecurity.com/promos/sf_eids1 to learn more. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Test your IDS Is your IDS deployed correctly? Find out by easily testing it with real-world attacks from CORE IMPACT. Visit: www.coresecurity.com/promos/sf_eids1 to learn more. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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- Re: symbiot security - april fool's prank? Brian Blankenship (Mar 19)