Note: this is an OCR of a scan of a fax, so please excause the errors. 93-5 1 . The National Institute of Standards and Technology, Computer Security Division, has released two documents of interest (a) "A Guide to the Selection of Anti-Virus Tools and Techniques", Special Publication 800-5, December 2, 1992; and (b) "Automated Tools for Testing Cumputer System Vulnerability", Special. Publication 800-6, December 3, 1992. Both documents are available for anonymous ftp from the NIST host 129.6.54.11 in the path /pub/nistpubs. I successfully downloaded and printed postscript copies of both. Alternatively, one may call Ms. Dianne Ward, NIST, at 301-975-2821 for one free copy of each. 2. Fridrik Skulason has released version 2.07 of F-PROT, The program is available on the Internet to include simtel2O in the path pdl:fp-207.zip (reference FT-17). 3. XTree has sent letters to registered userb of its program Virusafe stating that it intends to phase out the product. Registered users can expect support until the end of January 1994. There may always be the chance the XTree will sell the product to another company, given that it acquired the product in such a manner several years ago (reference PT-24). Thanks to Jim Silsbee, Fort Bliss, TX, for the information. This is at least the third firm which will have come and gone in the anti-viral market to my knowledge in the last four years. 4. PT-58, Virus Buster, has been released. I held up the distribution to complete some additional tests. Virus Buster contains, a very interesting collection of programs. If you have the opportutiity to obtain an evaluation copy, I would recommend it highly. Please note this is a personal opinion and does not represent the views of my employer. 5. Phrack, edition 41, is available from eff.org [192.88.144.4] in the path /pub/cud/pbrack/pbrack-41. While the edition has a December 1992 date, EFF posted it to their host in January 1993. For anyone who has not previously seen one method of forging mail under SMTP, there is a step-by-stup article on the subject. The edition is rather large, around 400,000 bytes. The last three parts, 11-13, contain postings of newspaper articles related to cyberspace activities, These and the article on mail forgery were the most intereating for me. 6. I will be out of town most of the week to present a paper at NCSA's 2nd International Virus Prevention Conference & Exhibition. If anyone on this mailing will be there, why not be bold and daring and introduce yourself?