Re: IP GAPPING - Tricky one

From: Keith W. McCammon (km@km.com)
Date: 06/28/02 

From: "Keith W. McCammon" <km@km.com>
Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2002 11:54:50 -0400

> Check out this page..
> http://alphashield.com/technology.asp

This is funny. These are products that someone is trying to sell. The
"technology" that they're referring to has been available for years and
years. They just created and marketed a (seemingly lame) product that does
other tools have done for years.

> I know about Stealth port scanning, that is nothing new.
> but Stealth IP is.

What they're calling "Stealth IP" is basically an proxy scheme that masks
the user's PC address with that of a server acting as a proxy. Any basic
firewall, application-layer gateway, or firewall performs this same
function. Nothing new, just a new cardboard box and brand name.

> "IP Gap Technology ensures access to the connected
> computer system is disabled as it creates a virtual GAP
> (disconnection) following a pre-determined Internet idle
> interval. Access to your connected computer system is
> managed through a Seamless Intelligent Infrastructure to
> monitor inbound and outbound data. Without any delay,
> each packet of information is inspected and only allows
> access to authorized addresses. Once Gap is activated, it
> can provide 100% bullet-proof network security to the
> user"
>
> These guys call it "ALPHAGAP". But it is essentially the
> same technology.

Right, see any personal firewall. Most of them do the same thing. This is
not new technology, just a new product.

> I know a few people who know about this technology, but
> they are unwilling to share.

They're full of ***. Sorry to have to be the one to tell you that. It is
not "new" to program an interface that sites between the IP stack and the
user interface, and monitors for idle time. Nor is it new to filter packets
based on source, destination, application, etc. Firewalls and proxies (both
personal and enterprise) have been doing this for a looong time.

What you're looking it on this web page is a new product that someone is
trying to sell. It's not new, breakthrough technology. It's the same old
same ol' in a new package. Sure, it might combine some functionality where
others haven't, but they didn't come up with anything that someone hasn't
been doing for years.

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