RE: Vulnerability-based IPS Patent

[Drsolly <drsollyp () drsolly com>]

So it's a bit baffling why anyone would feel the need to licence that 
patent - or maybe the people who make the licence/don't licence decision 
didn't talk to the techies?

On Thu, 30 Mar 2006, Nick FitzGerald wrote:

> Richard M. Smith wrote:
>
> > Be interested to hear what you can dig up.  Virus Guard would have had to
> > ship before Sept. 29, 1991 to be considered prior art.  Had it shipped
> > between 9/29/1991 and 9/29/1992 things are more murky.  In addition, it's
> > functionality would have to match up with all the patent claims.
>
> Further to Alan's and Roger's recolections that they shipped TSR 
> scanners prior to the prior-art cut-off for this patent, I submit the 
> following text verbatim from the Virus-L (don't ask) archives):
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date:    Tue, 30 Jan 90 08:36:04 -0600
> From:    James Ford <JFORD1@UA1VM.BITNET>
> Subject: New files to MIBSRV. (PC)
>
> These files have been placed on MIBSRV.MIB.ENG.UA.EDU (130.160.20.80)
> for anonymous FTP.  They are:
>
> SCANV57.ZIP   -   ViruScan 2.7V57 (update)
> SCANRS57.ZIP  -   TSR version of ViruScan (update)
> NETSCN57.ZIP  -   Network Version of ViruScan (update)
> CLEANP57.ZIP  -   Clean-Up Virus Remover (update)
>
> NETFIX10.ZIP  -   Equivalent to NETSCAN & CLEAN-UP (*new*)
>
> All files were downloaded directly from Homebase BBS on 1/29/90
> - ----------
>     James Ford - JFORD1@UA1VM.BITNET, JFORD () MIBSRV MIB ENG UA EDU
>
> ------------------------------
>
> I don't know _when_ McAfee shipped the first TSR version of their 
> scanner (though soemone there should be able to tell you and a "near 
> enough" reference might be found in very old back issues of Virus 
> Bulletin), but by 30 Jan 1990 they were shiopping _updates_ for it, so 
> the first ever version presumably shipped somewhat before that date.
>
> You can check the above reference (and search for more, back or forward 
> in the archive) at:
>
> http://www.phreak.org/archives/The_Collection/newsletr/virus/virus_l/199
> 0/vlnl03.026
>
>
> I'd be surprised if there were not earlier references to TSR scanners, 
> BUT note that a lot of talk about TSR AV at that time was about 
> _behaviour blockers_ (Ross Greenburg's (sp?) FluShot[+], disk boot 
> record integrity checkers, etc) and NOT scanners.
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Nick FitzGerald
>
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