[This is not a slam against NAI, but more toward Tim Clark for
the shoddy journalism.]
http://www.news.com/News/Item/0,4,32134,00.html
Network Associates adds Linux product
By Tim Clark
Staff Writer, CNET News.com
February 8, 1999, 2:50 p.m. PT
Network Associates, which has focused almost exclusively on software
for Windows NT, is adding a Linux version of its CyberCop Scanner tool for
probing networks to detect security vulnerabilities.
[And this is news? NAI *dropped* Linux support from the product
shortly after they acquired SNI.]
The company said security consultants and companies that test the
security of networks have shown great interest in Linux-based security
tools. For security audits, Network Associates said consultants preferred
Linux over Sun Solaris by a ratio of about 50 to 1.
[And they are just figuring this out? Solaris was the only unix
support kept in Cybercop when they dropped Linux and others.]
"Network Associates responded to our security professionals' need to
use CyberCop in conjunction with several Linux-based Ernst & Young
proprietary security tools," George Kurtz, director of the Ernst & Young
security profiling services, said in a statement.
CyberCop Scanner is the first Network Associates' product on the
Linux platform.
[Visiting ftp.nai.com /pub/antivirus/unix/linux reveals previous
products supporting linux.]