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To: Nelonline who wrote (2521)	2/22/2000 5:45:00 PM
From: G. Thomas Kaiser	Respond to of 2616

Here is something from Raging Bull: By: complex15 Reply To: 337 by Pharmacy94 Monday, 21 Feb 2000 at 8:16 PM EST Post # of 341 Bad Press for Checkpoint (Firewall-1) Here is an article that points out having the most popular firewall doesn't give you protection. Another interesting point is that the company (Realnames) is using another firewall version from Checkpoint. Now can't you just see the logic in their security policy. "Mr. Checkpoint, your firewall was breached so we are going to use one of your new versions instead." "So the one you sold us didn't stop the hackers and this one will." "Is that correct?" Remind me never to do business with Realnames. =================================== SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) -- RealNames, an Internet company set to go public in the near future, said Friday it's fallen "victim" to a hacker intrusion in which customers' credit card information may have been stolen. The San Carlos, Calif.-based company (NAME: news, msgs) confirmed that sent e-mails to its customers Friday morning to alert them to the situation.. While not considered a so-called denial-of-service attack that has plagued major sites like Yahoo (YHOO: news, msgs), EBay (EBAY: news, msgs) and Amazon.com (AMZN: news, msgs), the news at RealNames serves to heighten Net security awareness, especially when it could involve theft or fraud. This breach of security issue is a far greater concern because credit card information may be on the loose. "We cannot determine at this time what the hacker had access to," RealNames Chief Executive Keith Teare told CBS.MarketWatch.com. "We've assumed the worst, and contacted all our credit card partners to advise them of the security breach." Getting behind the firewall Teare said that the company had the appropriate "state-of-the-art" security measures to safeguard its system. The company uses VeriSign's (VRSN: news, msgs) certificates and Check Point Software's (CHKP: news, msgs) industry standard firewall protection. "The system that was penetrated was outside the firewall," Teare added. "Then the hacker found a way to get behind the firewall." Teare said ISS Group (ISSX: news, msgs), another Internet security firm, is "running a status check" on the RealNames' systems. RealNames has also installed a back-up firewall system provided by Check Point Software. Timing of events The timing of the disruptive events may be a coincidence or may be related to this week's attacks on the popular Web sites. "It's conceivable, given the timing, that these denial-of-service attacks and this incident are related," said Teare. In any case, the crisis throws an especially undesirable hurdle in front of a company that just filed last October to go public in an offering that would raise $81 million. "I'd run naked on Market Street before I'd want this," Teare said. SEE FULL STORY HERE cbs.marketwatch.com

To: Nelonline who wrote (2521)	2/22/2000 5:47:00 PM
From: Sal Davis	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 2616

It's not just a mention, it's an announcement of partnership involving TRW. Not shabby company to be keeping if you ask me. Things continue to look up for Cyberguard:-) Will it be to long before we hear about re-listing?? We can only hope, but from the last CC it sounded like it was something being actively worked on.