Re: Definition of Zero Day Protection

On Sun, 2004-08-08 at 21:47, Teicher, Mark (Mark) wrote:
> What is Zero Day Protection, I think I understand the definition of Zero
> Day Exploits.  But what is Zero Day Protection?  Another marketing blurb
> or it can vendors actually offer zero day protection?   

A vulnerability is frequently known before a real-world exploit/script.
So vendors are now protecting against potentials using their home-grown
methods. Netscreen, TippingPoint, McAfee and others are into this
market.

They call this 'zero day' protection because no canned exploit is
available at the time of release. They can protect against future
exploits, hopefully, by looking for traffic that resembles a workable
exploit.

Cheers, -Ali

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