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	Sourcefire IPO could fuel Snort, users say SearchSecurity.com \| 07 Nov 2006 ARTICLE - Snort users frowned when Check Point tried to acquire Sourcefire last year. But they are more optimistic about Sourcefire's plans to go public.


	Sourcefire looking to go public SearchSecurity.com \| 26 Oct 2006 ARTICLE - The company behind the popular Snort open source IDS tool is making a bid to go public, months after its deal to be acquired by Check Point collapsed.


	Metasploit completes license change, updates framework SearchSecurity.com \| 08.17.2006 OPINION - The open source pen-testing platform is used nearly universally by security assessment firms -- even those that buy "competitive" products from Core, Immunity and others, but big licensing and platform changes are in the ...


	Brief: Moore releases flaw-finding tool SearchSecurity.com \| 02 Aug 2006 ARTICLE - Metasploit Project founder H.D. Moore has released a new tool for finding vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer ActiveX controls, and an updated version of the Metasploit Framework.


	Brief: Sourcefire addresses Snort flaw SearchSecurity.com \| 07 Jun 2006 ARTICLE - Sourcefire has issued an updated version of Snort to address a flaw that could allow malicious packets to damage Snort-protected computers.


	Security Bytes: Major spammer offers an allocution SearchSecurity.com \| 06 Jun 2006 ARTICLE - Meanwhile, McAfee acquires Preventsys; a new Snort fix is released; Microsoft launches Web-based security services; and a group forms to tackle health industry flaws.


	Security Bytes: Snort systems vulnerable to attack SearchSecurity.com \| 01 Jun 2006 ARTICLE - Also: IBM rectifies a critical Kerberos flaw and Symantec's effort to battle against OneCare may have to wait.


	Okopipi leaps in where Blue Security left off SearchSecurity.com \| 25 May 2006 ARTICLE - The new user group is building an open source P2P app that sends "unsubscribe" messages to spammers. Is it feasible, or are counterattack strategies doomed to fail?


	Nmap 4.01 improves upon past releases Information Security magazine \| 03 May 2006 ARTICLE - Nmap 4.01's core port-scanning engine is mature, robust and capable of scanning both IPv4 and IPv6 hosts, independent of whether or not they are protected by firewalls.


	With intrusion defense vendors, one size doesn't fit all SearchSecurity.com \| 27 Apr 2006 ARTICLE - A majority of IT shops rely on Cisco and Symantec for intrusion defense, but others say they're just as happy using free open source tools.


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