It's just amateur marketing as found in most resumes. The page with the Signal article is technically obscure, the 'SPS' page looking for security assessment jobs is by a (inactive reserves?) Marine sergeant, not an information security officer. These guys are just starting out, and are new to computer security. A theoretical physicist working out of his house and a retired manager is not going to be able to build a reliable IDS system on their own, as the very experienced elite on this list agree on the lack of total trustability of IDS and the most questionable issue of reactive IDS systems. There are no obvious records of involvement of the theorist with IDS, firewalls, or computer security lists on the Internet. It's better to use a company comprised of experienced information security officers (such as Fortified) for security assessments than a gunman. Bill Stout > ----- Original Message ----- > From: arager@McGraw-Hill.com [SMTP:arager@McGraw-Hill.com] > Reply To: arager@McGraw-Hill.com [SMTP:arager@McGraw-Hill.com] > Sent: Wednesday, May 06, 1998, 15:59:53 > To: Stout, William > Subject: Blitzkrieg Server -- For Real?! > > > Hello Wizards, > > Came across these links on CNN and the May98 issue of Signal Magazine. > > see: > http://www.us.net/signal/CurrentIssue/May98/make-may.html > > or the vendor's site > > http://www.fvg.com/ > > > Article describes new technology developed by a Quantum Physics > theorist. It's called the Blitzkrieg Server, and seems to be a highly > advanced AI engine and counter-attack engine for network security. > The counter-attack supposedly viraly infects the entire network that > a > hacker originates from.....somemhow. Seems to have sparked some > interest from the CIA and such. > > > Anyone else heard of this? Seems like pure hype based on fiction to > me....Is this pure marketing smoke, or is there some sort of unreal > counter-attack technology bundled into this product? > > > Anton Rager > arager@McGraw-Hill.com > > > ----- End Of Original Message -----
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