[Mac_crypto] MacScan X b3 (was Re: VersionTracker MacOS X Daily Mailing)

[Vinnie Moscaritolo]

Thank you for the quick response.

you might consider publish source code like pgp, still a commercial 
product protected
  by copyrights, but published and peer reviewed source...


I could envision a few ways to  capture keystrokes and stego the 
output to the network
in ways that ALL of the detection software would not pickup..

Just my $.02..





At 11:55 AM -0800 3/3/03, MacSec wrote:
>Hello,
>Nicholas here from SecureMac.com, developer of MacScan. The program is not
>spyware, there has always been speculation for the spyware programs being
>spyware itself however this is not one of them.
>
>The software is not open source, but you and I know there are ways to
>figure out what the program is doing, if it sends any packets across the
>network and whatnot. We've not had a single person show otherwise, the
>program itself does not communicate with any internet service and does not
>do anything outside of what it says.
>
>Feel free to take a look around the internet, message board and whatnot to
>do your research on the topic. I personally would not risk my company's
>(SecureMac.com, Inc.) reputation to put spyware in a program. If MacScan
>ever does any sort of calling home it will say so in big bold print. :)
>
>I hope I can answer any more of your questions.
>
>Nicholas Raba
>SecureMac.com

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Vinnie Moscaritolo                                          ITCB-IMSH
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