RE: symbiot security - april fool's prank ?

Elkind_Rob_at_emc.com
Date: 03/12/04

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    To: chris_caydes@yahoo.com, focus-ids@securityfocus.com
Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2004 17:14:09 -0500

    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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