Dr. Frederick B. Cohen wrote:
Why did I know you would be showing up in this discussion? You wouldn't be related to alice de 'nonymous would you?
Is it Netscape's position that when people call them on their statements they make irrelevant comments and inflamatory remarks toward legitimate researchers who are freely helping them understand the security issues they apparently don't understand?
Perhaps that comment was out of line. If I offended you I apologize.
I don't believe that Netscape claims to be some magic bullet that will suddenly make your system secure when you install it. We also don't claim that it will detect viruses.
You claim that you provide secure net access for the purposes of transactions - which you don't - and you have gotten an enormous amount of money from people who don't understand these issues based, at least in part, on your false claims. Some people might interpret that as fraud.
Now instead of trying to insult and put down people who have legitimate security concerns, you personally attack individuals, try to redirect the discussion away from the security flaws in Netscape, and try to hush the discussion with:
I don't see how any product could meet your definition of "secure". I think you've made your point, and I don't agree with it. How you pursue the matter is of course up to you.
Dont you think we've wasted enough bandwidth on this? I'm sure most readers of this list are sick of it by now.
I think that you should give a copy of this and the other messages on this topic to someone at Netscape who is responsible for protection and ask them to speak for the company and address these issues head on. Regardless of your disclaimer, when you speak on the net, we hear Netscape, and the sounds are starting to sound more and more like Microsoft to me.
If you wish to get an official statement from Netscape, you should contact our PR department. Their number is 415-528-2802. --Jeff -- Jeff Weinstein - Electronic Munitions Specialist Netscape Communication Corporation jsw@netscape.com - http://home.netscape.com/people/jsw Any opinions expressed above are mine.