This article http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1436-2001Nov22.html (which is mostly about the FBI's "Magic Lantern" crypto key sniffing mail virus) also mentions that McAfee Antivirus will NOT detect and report Magic Lantern, now highlighted on Slashdot http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/11/24/2324241&mode=thread <http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/11/24/2324241&mode=thread> Civil liberties issues aside, this would seem to present a serious security issue. Attackers *other* than the FBI could pirate the Magic Lantern Virus, and use it to obtain private keys. Look for Magic Toolkits at a warez site near you :-) Jimmy: I expect that you did not make this decision, but can you comment on it? How does McAffee plan to keep the Magic Lantern back door from becoming a wide-open virus transport protocol? Thanks, 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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