From: David Maynor (dave0dayspray.com)
Date: Thu Nov 20 2003 - 20:53:41 CST

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On Thu, Nov 20, 2003 at 07:05:11PM -0500, Mike Bailey wrote:
> Hi DM, woots to us in the Atlanta area!
>
> This is actually a very interesting post because it ties into the other threads prevalent today.
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> Lancope is partially owned by an incubator company that owns several other companies that are trying to create various revolutionary products like parts washers, medicines and cutting edge software like E-mail marketing engines. (Seriously, ground breaking, just like all the others since the dawn of e-mail). Obviously they think whatever the various companies they give millions to are going to make them even more millions than they put in.
>
> I'm in a "fight club" mood and drinking early tonight so this is tainted but it seems as though there is alot of money to give people that "research" the obvious but very little money for people to conduct research on things that don't exist yet. Why would I pay someone to find an exploit for Stratus VOS when I can pay them to write a cutting edge packet sniffer? (said with great sarcasm)

The same incunbators own parts of companys like Intrusec, which will
soon replace most compays as the defacto standard for vuln scanning.

I must mention I am drunk, but have serious faith in Intrusec.

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