RE: Intrusion prevention and dDos protection

["Rob Shein" <shoten () starpower net>]

I would hasten to point out that there isn't anything you can buy that will
give you DDos protection.  While a firewall/IPS is like a security guard at
the entrance to a building to keep bad people out, a DDos attack is like so
many bad people trying to get into the building that they choke the streets
leading up to it; nothing you can put in your building will deal with that
congestion or prevent it.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Darren Windham [mailto:dwindham () dallastelco org] 
> Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2003 10:17 AM
> To: focus-ids () securityfocus com
> Subject: Intrusion prevention and dDos protection
>
>
> I recently had the chance to meet with the guys over at 
> Melior and talk about their iSecure platform.  Has anyone 
> else taken a look at it?  I was pleasantly suprised at its 
> performance.  I ran most of the common scanners on both Linux 
> and Windows platforms and had no such luck with it.  I can 
> only hope that more products like this make it to the 
> mainstream marketplace.  If you are looking for a IPS/dDos 
> prevention I'd make sure you take a good look at these guys.  
>
> I'd love to hear feedback from others who have looked at this 
> or other similar products.
>
> Check them out at http://www.meliorinc.com
>
> Regards,
>
> Darren Windham 
> Network Administrator, Dallas Telco FCU 
> email: dwindham () dallastelco org <mailto:dwindham () dallastelco org> 
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