Re: FW: NIPC Daily Report 24 July 01

From: Crispin Cowan (crispin@private)
Date: Wed Jul 25 2001 - 18:03:03 PDT

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    Kim Schaffer wrote:
    
    > ----- Original Message -----
    > Crispin Cowan wrote:
    > >
    > > What are these NIPC guys smoking?  Can I have some? :-)
    > >
    > We thought you'd already had!
    >
    > Seriously, it's a funny message. Usually Checkpoint is pretty quiet about
    > it's Israeli roots, it's "off shore" status, and then it goes and says be
    > careful at home. Oh wait, I don't think they have a home product, maybe
    > there's fear of losing business.
    
    They do have home products.  They are crippled versions of Checkpoint
    bundled into home DSL routers.
    
    Crispin
    
    --
    Crispin Cowan, Ph.D.
    Chief Scientist, WireX Communications, Inc. http://wirex.com
    Security Hardened Linux Distribution:       http://immunix.org
    Available for purchase: http://wirex.com/Products/Immunix/purchase.html
    



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