From: Jeff Barber <jeffb@sware.com>
Date: Sat, 24 Feb 1996 06:33:23 +0800
To: jya@pipeline.com (John Young)
Subject: Re: REM_ote
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John Young writes:
> 
>    2-23-96. WSJ:
> 
>    "H-P Acquires Most of Internet Security Firm."
> 
>       SecureWare technology is used by the Pentagon to
>       safeguard transmission of military secrets. The firm's
>       team of about 40 programmers is "a substantial fraction 
>       of the hired guns available in the on-line security 
>       world" who snake oil an extra virgin security that not 
>       even hackers can cross. Hackers would question that; 
>       they have a remarkable history of eventually figuring 
>       out ways to get past advances in faked chastity.

For the record, this includes me (Yes, I work for HP now).  Please
note that most of the story content is, if not wrong, at least poorly
stated -- so what else is new?  Also, the specific quotes there --
including the "hired gun" quote above -- are from an "industry analyst"
not from anyone at either HP or SecureWare.


-- Jeff (Hired gun?  I guess so.  But who isn't?)