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Check Point calls off Sourcefire buy
Robert Lemos, SecurityFocus 2006-03-24

Security company Check Point Software Technologies called off its planned $225 million acquisition of intrusion-prevention firm Sourcefire on Thursday, a week before a federal watchdog was scheduled to release a report which insiders say would have blocked the merger on the grounds of national-security interests.

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Check Point calls off Sourcefire buy 2006-03-27
Anonymous
Someone might want to let the idiots in washington know that snort is open source and can be download from anywhere on the freaking planet. The SourceFire software, while enhanced and beefed out a bit, is still snort. This is what happens when you let people who do not understand technology make dec...

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