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Free Sourcefire tool pinpoints hostile MS Office files: Free Sourcefire tool pinpoints hostile MS Office filesGreat... more antivirus...Just what we need, another anti-virus.; Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Sourcefire Inc., Microsoft Office, tool, Microsoft Corp.; Discussion threads 2008-06-23
Free Sourcefire tool pinpoints hostile MS Office files: Sourcefire, the company behind the popular Snort intrusion detection system, has released a freeware utility to help identify potentially threatening Microsoft Office files. The tool, called OfficeCat, can be used to process Microsoft Office documents -- Word, PowerPoint, Excel and Publisher -- determine if possible exploit conditions...; Tags: Sourcefire Inc., Vulnerability, Microsoft Corp., Tool, OfficeCat, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Word, Security, Office Suites, Software, Ryan Naraine; Blog posts 2008-06-20
ClamAV deal is new marker for open source merger market: Fresh off its win in the Untangle Fight Club, ClamAV has been acquired by Sourcefire.It's probably coincidence the deal happened right after Citrix bought XenSource, but our own Matt Asay said it gives another kick to the open source M&A market.The 451 Group said the deal will mean a charge...; Tags: Sourcefire Inc., Merger, Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2007-08-18
Questions swirl as Sourcefire buys ClamAV: Questions swirl as Sourcefire buys ClamAVOpen source companies are businesses...... and one company has purchased another which should prove a good fit. Some changes in billing may have to be made in order to assure the largest possible profit, as expected by investors.This sounds neither revolutionary nor reprehensible.There's never...; Tags: open source, Sourcefire Inc., ClamAV, software, clamAV; Discussion threads 2007-08-17
Questions swirl as Sourcefire buys ClamAV: Sourcefire's acquisition Techmeme discussion of the ClamAV project -- a deal that includes trademarks and copyrights of the popular open-source anti-virus toolkit -- has raised eyebrows among industry watchers worried about the future of free security products.The skinny on today's transaction: Under terms of the transaction, Sourcefire...; Tags: Sourcefire Inc., Open Source, Ryan Naraine; Blog posts 2007-08-17

Target-Based TCP Stream Reassembly: In their landmark 1998 paper, "Insertion, Evasion, and Denial of Service: Eluding Network Intrusion Detection," Thomas Ptacek and Timothy Newsham exposed some weaknesses in Intrusion Detection Systems IDS. The authors revealed that intrusion detection systems cannot be effective and accurate because they do not necessarily process, or perhaps, even observe...; Tags: Sourcefire Inc., Intrusion Detection System, TCP, Tcp/Ip, Intrusion Detection, Networking, Network Security, Security; White papers 2007-08-03
Target-Based TCP Timestamp Stream Reassembly: This paper explores the use of the TCP timestamp option and associated timestamp values to comprehend how different operating systems react to manipulated timestamp values. This is valuable knowledge for an Intrusion Detection System IDS or Intrusion Prevention System IPS to possess and implement to avoid evasions that employ TCP...; Tags: Sourcefire Inc., Timestamp, TCP, Tcp/Ip, Intrusion Prevention, Networking, Security; White papers 2007-07-30
Snort (gz): Snort is an open source network intrusion prevention and detection system utilizing a rule-driven language, which combines the benefits of signature, protocol and anomaly based inspection methods. With millions of downloads to date, Snort is the most widely deployed intrusion detection and prevention technology worldwide and has become the de...; Tags: Sourcefire Inc., Snort, Intrusion Prevention, Security; Software downloads 2007-04-28
Can Sourcefire monetize Snort?: Can Sourcefire monetize Snort?Can you give us something besides the S-1GuysVery disappointed you did not give us anything other than S-1 information. Did you bother to look what Sourcefire is doing to monetize this? Look at the VRT rules for example. The article reads like you never...; Tags: Sourcefire Inc., S-1, Snort; Discussion threads 2007-03-07
Can Sourcefire monetize Snort?: Network intrusion detection company Sourcefire faces a number of challenges but one of its biggest may be making a buck from an open source security project dubbed Snort. Sourcefire is expected to launch an initial public offering this week with shares...; Tags: General, Software Infrastructure, Security; Blog posts 2007-03-06
SourceFire fids funding after sale was scuttled: In March a $255 million deal between SourceFire, which developed the open source program Snort - intrusion-detection sofware widely used in the defense community, and the Israeli company CheckPoint was scuttled in the wake of concerns over foreign ownership of sensitive US companies. Now the Washington Post reports, SourceFire...; Tags: Snort, Sourcefire Inc.; Blog posts 2006-05-30
Sourcefire acquisition scuttled: The Israeli company CheckPoint and the small Maryland company Sourcefire called off a proposed acquisition under intense scrutiny from government investigators, the Washington Post reports.The deal was widely criticized, in light of the huge concern over a Dubai company's proposed acquisition of American ports, by the defense community because Sourcefire's...; Tags: acquisition, CFIUS, Sourcefire Inc.; Blog posts 2006-03-24
U.S. says no to Sourcefire/Snort deal: Today, the U.S. government nixed the $225 million acquisition of Sourcefire by Check Point Software Technologies, an Israeli security software company. In the wake the Dubai port deal, deals with foreign entities are receiving added scrutiny from the Committee on Foreign Investment. The Washington Post reports that Sourcefire, based in...; Tags: Sourcefire Inc.; Blog posts 2006-03-24
Check Point Drops Sourcefire: Check Point Drops SourcefireUS officials were skittishIf you read various versions of the press around this announcement, one thing becomes clear: US security officials were sorrying about giving any foreign entity the right to guard sensitive data and systems. Witness this snip from the Reuters write-up: "In private meetings between...; Tags: NETWORKING, network security, Check Point Software Technologies Ltd., network, security, Sourcefire Inc.; Discussion threads 2006-03-24
Check Point Drops Sourcefire: Check Point has had second thoughts about its acquisition of Sourcefire which was being questioned by the feds. I blogged before that there was no grounds for the administration to question this acquisition but that Check Point should use this as an excuse to back away from the deal ....; Tags: Sourcefire Inc., Check Point Software Technologies Ltd.; Blog posts 2006-03-24
Defense worried about Israeli acquisition of SourceFire: Defense worried about Israeli acquisition of SourceFireIt's open source, so how can security be compromised?Make a copy of what it is now, compare any new version to detect changes, analyze the changes. You can bet enough users will do this that any attempts to interfere with its security will...; Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Israeli Acquisition, Sourcefire Inc.; Discussion threads 2006-03-06
Does Sourcefire investigation reflect lack of understanding of open source?: Does Sourcefire investigation reflect lack of understanding of open source?Who cares, shock troops are coming regardlessof Open Source status. So get Snort up onto Emule. And if its already up, share it some more.Open source is, has been and will continue to bebetter written and harder to penetrate than proprietary...; Tags: open source, Sourcefire Inc.; Discussion threads 2006-03-06
Check Point Acquisition of Sourcefire Checked by Feds: Check Point Acquisition of Sourcefire Checked by FedsBackdoors by design or accident?Surely you jest, Mr. Stiennon.In 2000, one year after Check Point's Firewall-1 was certified by the NSA as the only EAL-2 compliant application & traffic firewall product, a group of security researchers ripped the product to shreds in a...; Tags: Firewalls, ASICs, Network security, SECURITY, Symantec Corp., Check Point Software Technologies Ltd., firewall, Sourcefire Inc., ASIC, acquisition; Discussion threads 2006-03-05
Check Point Acquisition of Sourcefire Checked by Feds: The deal between Check Point Software, the one-time leading firewall vendor, and Sourcefire is in jeopardy thanks to a review by the Committee on Foreign Investments in the United States. See this Washington Post article for details. Where do these...; Tags: Check Point Software Technologies Ltd.; Blog posts 2006-03-03
Does Sourcefire investigation reflect lack of understanding of open source?: Yesterday, the Committee on Foreign Investments in the United States announced it was investigating the acquisition of a small American company - Sourcefire - by the Israeli company CheckPoint. The concern is nominally that Sourcefire has a number of sensitive defense and government contracts. But the real concern has...; Tags: Snort, Sourcefire Inc.; Blog posts 2006-03-03

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