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IDS - Appliances vs Snort
From: ka55ad <ka55ad () gmail com>
Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2004 11:45:06 -0400
Hi List, I was wondering if I could get some opinions on the matter of IDSs. Right now I am looking at deploying one in a small organization. They currently have some unmanaged switches. I was wondering what the pros and cons would be of getting a security appliance (say something like a Syamantec Gateway Security 360) vs getting a managed switch with port spanning and building a snort box. I have built a snort box before, so I am comfortable with that. Also, my budget is very limited. There is already a firewall in place, so getting a new hardware firewall might seem pointless to management, but if the IDSs is better or if there are more useful features (aside from a firewall and vpn server) then it might be worth it. I also like the idea of having a managed switch on the network. Thanks.
Current thread:
- IDS - Appliances vs Snort ka55ad (Sep 30)
- Re: IDS - Appliances vs Snort GuidoZ (Oct 04)