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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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Re: Check Point calls off Sourcefire buy 2006-03-29
rjbc
Maybe we are looking at this the wrong way. Maybe checkpoint backed out because the looked under the covers and realized it was not worth it. Sourcefire is a good product for some people but it seems like it would be a heck of a lot cheaper for Checkpoint to take snort put some $$ into supporting ...

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