Israeli Software Company Faces U.S. Probe

["Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

(AP) article via The Washington Post.

[snip]

The same Bush administration review panel that approved a ports deal involving the United Arab Emirates has notified a 
leading Israeli software company that it faces a rare, full-blown investigation over its plans to buy a smaller rival.

The company was told U.S. officials feared the transaction could endanger some of government's most sensitive computer 
systems.

The objections by the FBI and Pentagon were partly over specialized intrusion detection software known as "Snort," 
which guards some classified U.S. military and intelligence computers.

[snip]

More here:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/02/AR2006030200350.html

- ferg


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 Engineering Architecture for the Internet
 fergdawg () netzero net or fergdawg () sbcglobal net
 ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/


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