14 Nov 2001 21:30:54

Rick replies to Mark Joseph Edwards.

   Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2001 21:30:54
   From: radsoft.net
     To: Mark Joseph Edwards
Subject: RE: Security UPDATE, November 14, 2001

>Any false claims?

Yes, very much so. The implication - carefully worded - is that the 
Internet Lock will stop all outbound traffic. It cannot.

>Do they know about the detriment?

Yes, I think they have known all along. They're looking at the 
creation of sockets at the Application layer. But if you don't 
create your traffic with Winsock, they don't see you.

I have a colleague who has made a couple of demonstration programs. 
The one posts 'secret messages' to a website from behind the 
Internet Lock.

The other is a 'chat' program. It will work between two computers 
both with the Internet Lock on.

>Are users being made to think they're more secure than they are?

Affirmative.

>Anything you've written that you can share?

It's not got that far yet.

What's happening now is that the ppl at ZL have been contacted. 
They're denying and laying smoke all over the place. Also, we know 
they're testing the demo applications and seeing for themselves that 
they work. My impression is they're trying to buy time to be able to 
stand on denial in a few days.

>Does Radsoft have any competitive interest in such revelations?

No.

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