Network ICE releases open-source Carnivore

[Berislav Kucan <bhz () NET-SECURITY ORG>]

http://www.net-security.org/text/press/968353762,29653,.shtml

Network ICE releases open-source Carnivore

SAN MATEO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 7, 2000--Network ICE is
disclosing the source code to a new e-mail sniffing program called
"Altivore." This software provides a potential alternative to ISPs who do
not want to install the FBI's secretive black-box known as "Carnivore."
Altivore will allow ISPs to respond to court ordered e-mail surveillance
without FBI help, thus allowing them to be self-regulated instead of
government regulated.

"The controversy surrounding Carnivore comes from the mystery of its
internal operations," says Robert Graham, CTO of Network ICE. "We are
disclosing the full details of our program to allow auditing by the
security community."

Altivore is based upon concepts similar to Network ICE's award-winning
intrusion detection technology with stateful packet decoding. This allows
more accurate data collection that avoids many of the controversial
technical concerns surrounding Carnivore.

Network ICE builds hacker detection products for high-speed ISP backbones.
Currently, the Altivore module is provided as a stand-alone technology
demonstration. Network ICE is considering several options to provide
Altivore to ISPs, including a pure open-source option. More information is
available at http://www.networkice.com/altivore.

Berislav Kucan
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