Is Steve Gibson A Fraud ?
 

What do you think of Steve Gibson. www.grc.com

A good software engineer thats clued up or a spin doctor thats full of BS ?

I have taken apart some of his code and its pretty good. I must admit that he does overdo things a tad... !

Your thoughts please !

Re: Is Steve Gibson A Fraud ?
 

I have no idea :( - but I still check my systems security on his site...

Any better recommendations.

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I use both grc and dslreports for my scans.... The dsl reports site has a more comprehensive scan but you have to pay for it....

Saying that I have never got conflicting results !

Re: Is Steve Gibson A Fraud ?
 

An alternative view, if somewhat jaundiced, can be found here, it makes interesting reading.



http://grcsucks.com/

Re: Is Steve Gibson A Fraud ?
 

Sure does.... Some of the coments on there are a bit unfair IMHO...

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I'm with diligaf on this one. I don't know enough about the field to comment technically but I have always found grc to be useful.

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I really can't judge as I lack the relevant knowledge, but I've read both sites in the past. The grcsucks site makes very valid points regarding the amount of spin and writing on the GRC site. On the other hand Steve Gibson must do something right, and seems to at least make people aware of some of the issues in internet security? And he provides a free service, which I believe is quite popular?

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One thing I used to like when I was on dial up was the tiny downloads, due to the code he was using, all his utilities took seconds to download.

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I've put "Not sure", because, as stuartbe says, he does seem pretty clued up, but he does tend to produce a lot of BS as well.

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Having used his software in the past & finding it worked exceedingly well aslo using his freeware & site for info I think I'd go for his side of things.
He knows more than me about it all.

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Got to admit - his web pages are nicely coded !

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No they're not .. the dude clearly doesn't realise what CSS is.

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He does write his own webserver though.

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I think they are simple and nicely laid out.... No un needed code !

I can see your point though !

What do you think to his security testing tools ?

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The GRC Custom Hybrid NanoProbe Engine? Yeah .. *ahem*