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Re: symbiot security - april fool's prank ?
From: Frank Smith <fsmith () hoovers com>
Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2004 11:44:19 -0600
--On Thursday, March 11, 2004 07:45:58 -0800 Chris Caydes <chris_caydes () yahoo com> wrote:
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 ?
Its a real company, but used to have a more traditional security focus. You can look a a previous incarnation of their web site (pre-marketing hype) archived on the Internet Wayback Machine (www.archive.org). The latest archived copy (from last July) is at: <http://web.archive.org/web/20030611174748/http://symbiot.com/> You might also want to check the nanog archives and slashdot for other opinions on their new product (pretty much all negative). Frank
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Current thread:
- symbiot security - april fool's prank ? Chris Caydes (Mar 12)
- Re: symbiot security - april fool's prank ? Frank Smith (Mar 15)
- Re: symbiot security - april fool's prank ? Christian Kreibich (Mar 15)
- Re: symbiot security - april fool's prank ? Mark (Mar 15)
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- RE: symbiot security - april fool's prank ? Elkind_Rob (Mar 15)
- RE: symbiot security - april fool's prank ? david maynor (Mar 19)