Re: IPS vs application firewall

["crazy frog crazy frog" <i.m.crazy.frog () gmail com>]

IDS or IPS can analyse various protocols like TCP/IP,UDP and others
while application firewall works on application layer like HTTP etc.

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On 15 Nov 2006 20:34:44 -0000, krymson () gmail com <krymson () gmail com> wrote:
> This question came up and I'm unable to really answer this. What is the difference between an IPS (an active IDS, 
> really) and an application firewall or a web application firewall?
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