[Ir-l] Symantec pledges to acquiese to FBI backdoor demands

[Paul Mobbs]

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http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/55/23057.html

Symantec pledges to acquiese to FBI backdoor demands


Eric Chien, chief researcher at Symantec's antivirus research lab, said
that provided a hypothetical keystroke logging tool was used only by the
FBI, then Symantec would avoid updating its antivirus tools to detect such
a Trojan. The security firm is yet to hear back from the FBI on its
enquiries about Magic Lantern but it already has a policy on the matter.

"If it was under the control of the FBI, with appropriate technical
safeguards in place to prevent possible misuse, and nobody else used it -
we wouldn't detect it," said Chien. "However we would detect modified
versions that might be used by hackers."



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  Norton Antivirus
  Symantec Intruder Alert
  Symantec NetProwler 3.5
  Symantec AntiVirus Enterprise Edition
  Symantec AntiVirus Command Line Scanner 1.0
  Symantec Desktop Firewall 2.0
  Symantec Enterprise Firewall 6.5
  Symantec Enterprise VPN 6.5
  Symantec Enterprise Security Manager 5.5
  Symantec NetRecon 3.5


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