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RE: Avecho Glasswall Anti virus technolog?
From: "Dowling, Gabrielle" <dowlingg () sullcrom com>
Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2003 00:26:56 -0500
I think their commentary about Sobig indicates they have no idea what they're protecting against, and even more indicates they're exploiting the hype they otensibly decry. There were not manu systems infected with Sobig.F, its just that the few that were relentless transmitted infected emails. The problems that ensued were from mail systems that were overwhelmed by the volume of messages received. Don't think their technology could help here..... G -----Original Message----- From: Zach Forsyth [mailto:Zach.Forsyth () kiandra com] Sent: Tue Dec 02 19:30:32 2003 To: full-disclosure () lists netsys com Subject: [Full-Disclosure] Avecho Glasswall Anti virus technolog? Just wanted to see if anyone knew anything about the company called Avecho or their flagship product "Glasswall". Any information from someone on the list that has had contact with them would be great. Here are a list of claims on their website: Does not rely on... Signature Dependenancy Sandboxing or Throttling Any form of recognition: Not Virus detection or naming Not any form of Heuristics Not any form of Behavioural recognition GlassWall has the following benefits... requires no updates provides immediate protection from new threats can be put into firmware or silicon does not alert hackers and virus writers to potential exploits by publishing update information can be embedded in into the network layer is platform and operating system independent sits at the border of a zone, network or computer is continually running and provides zero response time to any threat Home page: http://www.avecho.net/index.cfm _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html ********************************************************************** This e-mail is sent by a law firm and contains information that may be privileged and confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, please delete the e-mail and notify us immediately. ***********************************************************************
Current thread:
- Avecho Glasswall Anti virus technolog? Zach Forsyth (Dec 02)
- Re: Avecho Glasswall Anti virus technolog? Charles E. Hill (Dec 02)
- Re: Avecho Glasswall Anti virus technolog? Charles E. Hill (Dec 02)
- Re: Avecho Glasswall Anti virus technolog? Cael Abal (Dec 02)
- Re: Avecho Glasswall Anti virus technolog? Nick FitzGerald (Dec 02)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- RE: Avecho Glasswall Anti virus technolog? Dowling, Gabrielle (Dec 02)
- RE: Avecho Glasswall Anti virus technolog? Alex Shipp (Dec 23)