From: Mike '/m' 


I may play with it once again, especially now that they seem to have
resolved their bandwidth shortage.


btw, I suspect this feature
http://force.coresecurity.com/index.php?module=base&page=screenshot&scr=pd-wso.
png§ion=popups
is a port of BSD systrace facility. http://www.systrace.org/

 /m


On Wed, 25 Jan 2006 06:03:30 -0500, "Geo"  wrote:

>from my email.
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>Geo.
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>CoreLabs, the research arm of Core Security Technologies is pleased to
>announce a new release of CORE FORCE, a free software endpoint security
>solution.
>
>CORE FORCE 080.120 is now available for download at
>http://force.coresecurity.com
>
>This new release ships new UI improvements based on feedback from users
>during the last few months. It also integrates and improves
>compatibility and stability work done since the release of CORE FORCE R0.70.
>
>* New network activity viewer that lists all TCP, UDP and ICMP traffic
>  in the network.
>  - Firewall permissions can be created based on a connection's
>    information.
>  - For TCP connections, an additional column displaying the state of
>    the connection is available.
>  - "Go to process" command to go to the entry in the process
viewer for
>     the process that generated the permission.
>* Process viewer UI rewritten to support dynamic updates and changes.
>  - Simplified display of information about a process (with less
>    emphasis in processes' windows).
>  - New command to add a new security profile for a running process.
>  - Fixed sorting by the PID column (numbers are not compared as strings
>     anymore).
>* Log viewer updates
>  - "Go to process" support to find the entry for the process that
>    generated the log entry in the process viewer.
>* "Add new program" wizard now allows the user to select a program from
>   a list that shows the programs available in the Programs section of
>   Windows' Start menu.
>* The launch control information for a security profile downloaded from
>  the community web site is now correctly updated to match the
>  executable file previously selected in the "Add new program wizard".
>
>The security modules have also been updated to fix a number of problems
>reported by users.
>
>* Fixed a race condition that would generate a BSOD in the firewall.
>* Fixed evaluation of registry permissions for registry values (in
>  some conditions permissions from parent keys were not being enforced).
>* A potential BSOD when handling new permissions in the runtime
>  repository of permissions.
>
>We've also integrated a new crash handler into CORE FORCE's
>configuration UI to be able to gather technical feedback when the
>program unexpectedly fails. This feature will allow us to improve the
>development of fixes for new bugs.
>
>- The CORE FORCE team {at} CoreLabs
>
>*About CoreLabs*
>
>CoreLabs, the research center of Core Security Technologies located in
>Buenos Aires, Argentina, is charged with anticipating the future needs
>and requirements for information security technologies. CoreLabs, which
>is led by Ariel Futoransky, prides itself on taking a holistic view of
>information security with a focus on developing solutions to the
>complex, real-world security problems that affect our customers today or
>will affect them tomorrow.
>
>The solutions developed by CoreLabs leverage the collaborative expertise
>of our world-class engineering and consulting teams. We conduct our
>research in several important areas of information security including
>vulnerability research, cyber attack planning and simulation, source
>code auditing, endpoint security, web application security and
>cryptography.
>
>*About Core Security Technologies*
>
>Core Security Technologies develops strategic solutions that help
>security-conscious organizations worldwide develop and maintain a
>proactive process for securing their networks. The company's flagship
>product, CORE IMPACT, is the first automated penetration testing product
>for assessing specific information security threats to an organization.
>Penetration testing evaluates overall network security and identifies
>what resources are exposed. It enables organizations to determine if
>current security investments are detecting and preventing attacks. Core
>augments its leading technology solution with world-class security
>consulting services, including penetration testing, software security
>auditing and related training. Headquartered in Boston, MA, Core
>Security Technologies can be reached at 617-399-6980 or on the Web at
>http://www.coresecurity.com.
>

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