Counter DoS

Thu Mar 11 07:12:50 UTC 2004

I remember the sidewinder.  They had a huge marketing campaign aimed at 
convincing the customer that their firewalls were inpenetrable.  Their 
firewalls didn't sell all that well, and those that did sell, proved to 
be a colossal failure.  I still have a deck of 'sidewinder' playing 
cards from COMDEX.  (Sorry for being off topic, just thought that was 
funny and brought back some nostalgia)

Greg

Sean Donelan wrote:

>On Wed, 10 Mar 2004, Steven M. Bellovin wrote:
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>>In message <0aa101c40707$eebc2650$dbc21e43 at Somi>, "Joshua Brady" writes:
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>>>http://news.zdnet.co.uk/internet/security/0,39020375,39148215,00.htm
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>>>Comments?
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>>The phrase "seriously bad idea" comes to mind.  Other phrases include
>>"illegal", "collateral damage", and "stupid".
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>Any publicity is good publicity.
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>They haven't actually explained or shown what their product does.  Just a
>bunch of puffery to get the press to write about them.
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>In the 1990's another company announced their new security product:
>"Sidewinder: The firewall that strikes back!"  at the National Computer
>Security Conference in Baltimore.  Sidewinder used lots of information
>warfare quotes from Winn Schwartau and ex-military types staffing their
>sales suite.
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>I wouldn't be surprised when they finally reveal their product it is a lot
>less than the hype.  Right now its a bit like a movie the movie studio
>won't give the critics an advanced screening, but has a big advertising
>budget.  Usually that is a sign of a stinker.
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