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Re: How to choose an IDS/FW MSS provider
From: Devdas Bhagat <devdas () dvb homelinux org>
Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2005 12:13:29 +0530
On 21/03/05 06:21 -0500, Mark Teicher wrote: <snip>
Actually support for open source has always been questionable over the years, some projects have more a community support structure, but as we all know, support is somewhat to be desired. Although one can place a fairly
You get what you pay for, in this case. If you are willing to pay for it, you can always find someone capable of maintaining it for you. This isn't always a popular model with customers yet, but with a non open source product, you are SOL.
popular intrusion detection solution in this category, but what happens in 10 years, will the focus of the community be on open source intrusion detection or something else, like a new and improved logging utility for example. Black box, Crystal Box, it is all the same, each product and it's support should be measured for what it is worth and also the knowledge level that a particular IDS/FW MSS provider may or may not have.
I agree with that last statement. Measuring the level of knowledge that a particular MSS provider has is hard. Devdas Bhagat -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Test Your IDS Is your IDS deployed correctly? Find out quickly and easily by testing it with real-world attacks from CORE IMPACT. Go to http://www.securityfocus.com/sponsor/CoreSecurity_focus-ids_040708 to learn more. --------------------------------------------------------------------------
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