quote:ROFL - Sorry PPRuNe Pop but no one in the real IT community seems to take Steve Gibson very seriously
Why is that, Mac? [says Ausatco]
See
http://grcsucks.com/
Spinrite was really a clever concept (and
AFAIK the first program that allowed you to adjust interleave nondestructively) - hats off for that.
grc.com offers some useful elementary checks (thanks Steve) but being "Gibson safe" doesn't mean you can't be hacked by someone who really knows what they are up to.
Gibson isn't really a security pro.
See
http://www.jluster.org/log/d/textual...ldsup_analyzed for an analysis of Shields UP! by someone who knows what they are talking about.