Re: finding security threats

["Marcus J. Ranum" <mjr () ranum com>]

Kilaru Sambaiah wrote:
> All the firewalls and other tools are designed for securing
> systems from any threat. Is there any way to find that my local
> systems are breaking systems some where.

Most Intrusion Detection Systems that work on network traffic
don't make a distinction between "inside" and "outside" - they
look for attacks and intrusions going in any direction. Back in
the early days of the IDS business, we found a lot of our customers
were really surprised when the IDS we installed detected their
employees hacking other sites. I think employees are a tiny bit
more savvy about that, now...

mjr. 
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Marcus J. Ranum                         http://www.ranum.com
Computer and Communications Security    mjr () ranum com

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