Re: Hackers Out of Business?

Timothy J. Kordas (tjk@nostromo.eeap.cwru.edu)
Mon, 10 Oct 1994 21:58:15 -0400 (EDT)

> > 
> >   This all sounds like hyped up free software to me. Anyone disagree?
> > -Mike
> 
> I disagree.  It is security that strikes back!  Now we all can sleep at nite
> now that someone has finally figured out security and implemented it 
> correctly.  8-)  
> 
> I grabbed their technical FAQ from ftp.sctc.com.  Rather amusing.  They
> talk about how they deal with UDP packets and they say,'We dont allow any
> services that UDP packets.'.  Well, Gee, I guess sidewinder isnt going to
> work well in a client-server based setup.  But the most amusing part of

I too went and got their hokey little "technical FAQ" (a marketing pamphlet
with nice little pictures of bombs).

my first reaction to all of this kind a dreck is "well sure it'll be secure if
you take out all of the services."...

that is EXACTLY what they've done.


yeah the system is on the net, but why ?...you can't *DO* anything.

-Tim
kordas@lanl.gov
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