I bet they're referring to this patent: Security management system and method #6,542,993
Abstract: A comprehensive system and method for managing security in an electronic network. The method includes the steps of providing a plurality of security services, providing a plurality of security mechanisms, and linking the services and mechanisms with a plurality of security management functions. <http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect2=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2F netahtml%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&d=PALL&RefSrch=yes&Query=PN%2F65429 93> I just got a letter about this one too. Oh well, what is this world coming to? All these patents and such... I just don't get it. HTH, -- ^Drew http://guh.nu --Begin PGP Fingerprint-- 3C6C F712 0A52 BD33 C518 5798 9014 CA99 2DA0 5E78 --End PGP Fingerprint-- > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2003 8:06 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [Full-Disclosure] grsecurity: Another one bites the dust... > > > Anybody know what the patent claims are? > > Some of the descriptions of grsecurity sound an awful lot like technology > I developed for VMS and published in the late 1990s in the Safety > program (still available, free) or documented as trivial > extensions (rate limits). > > A brief description of the Safety program is at http://users.rcn.com/gce > in case there is a wish to see what it has in a very limited way. > It assumes > the VMS ACL system of course, and some of the other security > goodness in VMS, > but gets fairly tricky in other ways. > > The rate limiting idea was something I have described as a useful > feature for > at least the past 6-7 years and can be found here and there in my > mails and > some bits of publications (DECUS sigtapes mainly). > > At any rate, it is possibly prior art and publication, and was certainly > released to the public and should be useful in defending claims > that functions > it provides could be patented by someone else. > > At one time I wanted to sell Safety, but gave up on that and just > published the > sources several years ago. The documents had been published when > it was first > implemented (along about 1995). > > While there is a bunch of other stuff in grsecurity that is not in Safety > it is probably worth while to keep aware of what has been > published (even in > publications that (alas) seem to have narrow circulation) so that > if someone > claims patents on some of those functions, the patents can be disputed. > > Glenn Everhart > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jeff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, March 31, 2003 10:14 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [Full-Disclosure] grsecurity: Another one bites the dust... > > > http://www.grsecurity.net > > Looks like another big company screwed over a team of innocent developers. > It's a shame, grsecurity had so much promise. > > Figures. > > -jeff > _______________________________________________ > Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. > Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html > > > ********************************************************************** > This transmission may contain information that is privileged, > confidential and/or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. > If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified > that any disclosure, copying, distribution, or use of the > information contained herein (including any reliance thereon) is > STRICTLY PROHIBITED. If you received this transmission in error, > please immediately contact the sender and destroy the material in > its entirety, whether in electronic or hard copy format. Thank you > ********************************************************************** > > _______________________________________________ > Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. > Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html > _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html
