EEye Blink seems like a good product

A few weeks ago, the "Security Now" podcast from Steve Gibson (maker of a Hard Disk Saver named Spinrite), had an interview from Marc Maiffret from eEye, announcing that their security suite named "Blink" would be free for personal use.

The catch is that in the free personal edition any attack information that Blink sees is sent back to EEye. I don't view this as a privacy problem, which might be hypocritical, but I'd be surprised if Sym and Mc don't do the same thing.

The DoD has licensed their "Retina" product, and it's pretty good, and I've downloaded Blink for use on my main computer, and I like it.

Unfortunately there are rumors that eEye is having problems, so I'm afraid the company might go under or be absorbed by someone else, but I'm recommending the product to people who have their Symantec or McAfee products expiring because they stink so much.

Perry

Perry's Security Blog

In my work and research, I come up with things that are interesting in the field of data security, especially for protecting home networks for family and friends.

When things come up, I'll post them here as a central place to read things and get software that I recommend.

I'll try to keep camera and vacation stuff to a minimum

Perry