[isalist] Re: FYI: Check Point withdraws bid for Sourcefire
- From: "Steve Moffat" <steve@xxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2006 15:25:16 -0400
To late...they all relay through me...J
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On Behalf Of Neil Cassidy
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Hey, I don't want this Bermuda guy reading my emails!!
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On Behalf Of Steve Moffat
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Aren't we getting just a little paranoid in the States just now?
S
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Check Point withdraws bid for Sourcefire
U.S. gov't protests Israeli-owned Check Point acquiring Sourcefire
technology used to protect DOD computers
By Dan Nystedt, IDG News Service
March 24, 2006
Check Point Software Technologies, an Internet security company, on
Thursday withdrew its application to acquire intrusion-prevention firm
Sourcefire amid protests over the deal by some U.S. government offices.
The two companies plan to pursue alternative business partnerships
instead, Check Point said in a statement.
The trouble appears to be that Check Point is foreign-owned and
Sourcefire technology is used to protect the computer assets of the U.S.
Department of Defense (DOD) and the U.S. National Security Agency.
According to reports, both DOD and U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation
have objected to the sale, questioning whether it's in the interest of
national security to have that technology owned by a foreign company.
Check Point is an Israeli-owned company and the deal with Sourcefire
fell under the review of the Committee on Foreign Investments in the
U.S.
The founder of Sourcefire, Martin Roesch, led the development of Snort,
an open source intrusion-detection and prevention software on which most
of Sourcefire's technology is based.
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