RE: Blitzkrieg Server -- For Real?!

["Safier, Adam (GEIS)" <Adam.Safier () geis ge com>]

As soon as I see "... counter-attack supposedly viraly infects the entire
network ..." I shudder. Makes me think of more secure system than
disconnecting your computers from the network - having your company
litigated out of existence.

Adam

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Adam Safier, Security Consultant, Network Engineering
GE Information Services, Inc.

Expressed opinions are my own and might not be shared by my employer.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stout, William [SMTP:StoutW () pioneer-standard com]
> Sent: Friday, May 08, 1998 4:01 PM
> To:   'Firewall-wizards'
> Subject:      RE: Blitzkrieg Server -- For Real?!
>
>
> It's just amateur marketing as found in most resumes.  The page with the
> Signal article is technically obscure, the 'SPS' page looking for
> security assessment jobs is by a (inactive reserves?) Marine sergeant,
> not an information security officer.  These guys are just starting out,
> and are new to computer security.
>
> A theoretical physicist working out of his house and a retired manager
> is not going to be able to build a reliable IDS system on their own, as
> the very experienced elite on this list agree on the lack of total
> trustability of IDS and the most questionable issue of reactive IDS
> systems.  There are no obvious records of involvement of the theorist
> with IDS, firewalls, or computer security lists on the Internet.
>
> It's better to use a company comprised of experienced information
> security officers (such as Fortified) for security assessments than a
> gunman.  
>
> Bill Stout
>
>
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From:       arager () McGraw-Hill com [SMTP:arager () McGraw-Hill com]
> > Reply To:   arager () McGraw-Hill com [SMTP:arager () McGraw-Hill com]
> > Sent:       Wednesday, May 06, 1998, 15:59:53
> > To: Stout, William
> > Subject:    Blitzkrieg Server -- For Real?!
> >
> >
> >      Hello Wizards,
> >      
> >      Came across these links on CNN and the May98 issue of Signal
> Magazine.
> >      
> >      see: 
> >      http://www.us.net/signal/CurrentIssue/May98/make-may.html
> >      
> >      or the vendor's site
> >      
> >      http://www.fvg.com/
> >      
> >      
> >      Article describes new technology developed by a Quantum Physics 
> >      theorist. It's called the Blitzkrieg Server, and seems to be a
> highly 
> >      advanced AI engine and counter-attack engine for network security.
>
> >      The counter-attack supposedly viraly infects the entire network
> that 
> > a 
> >      hacker originates from.....somemhow.  Seems to have sparked some 
> >      interest from the CIA and such.
> >      
> >      
> >      Anyone else heard of this? Seems like pure hype based on fiction to
>
> >      me....Is this pure marketing smoke, or is there some sort of unreal
>
> >      counter-attack technology bundled into this product?
> >      
> >      
> >      Anton Rager
> >      arager () McGraw-Hill com
> >      
> >
> > ----- End Of Original Message -----