MSSP / IDS Selection

[KJP <kjp011975 () gmail com>]

I have spent much time researching various MSSP's NetSec, Verisign,
Counterpane, and LURHQ for my company.  After much research we decided
to go with Verisign for numerous reasons.  After selecting Verisign we
began narrowing down pricing.  On a monthly level the pricing looks
ok, until you look at it at a yearly level the pricing starts to get
scary.

We looked into doing the same service internally using Snort.  I
remembered the comercial implentation of Sourcefire and began
researching it.  It appears to offer services that Snort does not, RNA
and Defense Center offer the pieces missing from Snort, plus it
packages the support so I don't need to worry about hardware support,
OS support, etc.

What are the opinions of Snort and Sourcefire versus ISS, Cisco,
Enterasys, Symantec?

Thanks in advance.

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