Re: Karalon test report on Snort

[Stefano Zanero <zanero () elet polimi it>]

Surya Batchu wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Karalon Traffic IQ Pro can be used to test attack/exploit detection
> capabilities of IDS/IPS systems.  I am interested in knowing SNORT
> IDS detection capabilities and its coverage when Traffic IQ Pro
> system is used.  

Since Snort is (substantially) a misuse-based system, a detection rate
figure will tell you nothing (or close-to-nothing) useful about it.

Detection Rate and False Positive Rate are a good way to score anomaly
detectors, but are not useful to score misuse detectors.

Stefano

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