> http://www.vnunet.com/News/1122902 > > By James Middleton > 07 Jun 2001 > > Codex Data Systems, marketers of the controversial Dirt Trojan, has > rubbished claims that the product does not actually exist. Eddie James, > vice president of Codex, told vnunet.com: "Dirt has been available since > 1998. It is in use by a number of law enforcement agencies." > > James also claimed that organisations such as Nato and the Hi-tech Crime > Investigators Association have expressed interest in the product. > > "The only reason it is of interest now is because someone got hold of a > marketing presentation that was not for public disclosure. In fact, the > product's existence was not meant to be public knowledge," he said, > adding that "if we find that person we will file a criminal complaint > through the Secret Service". http://www.codexdatasystems.com/menu.html Huh? DIRT has been 'publicly' known for a long time. There have been articles and their own web pages w/ information and marketing hype. > James said that he would "love to demonstrate the tool", but since > vnunet.com is not an officially recognised law enforcement agency, he > could not. Since there is no LAW stopping them, this is THEIR choice to not demonstrate it. > As for the ability to bypass firewalls, done by killing the process in > the operating system, there is no explanation as to how it attacks the > firewall in the first place. Because it is a hoax and does no such thing. ISN is hosted by SecurityFocus.com --- To unsubscribe email isn-unsubscribeat_private
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