RE: symbiot security - april fool's prank ?

[david maynor <david.maynor () oit gatech edu>]

Its funny, I haven't run into a single person who thinks this is a good
idea. I wonder if they did market analysis or focus groups before going
ahead with building this.

On Fri, 2004-03-12 at 17:14, Elkind_Rob () emc com wrote:
> 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
>
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