Re: Snort as IDS/IPS in mission-critical enterprise network

["J.A. Terranson" <measl () mfn org>]

On Fri, 9 Dec 2005, Native.Code wrote:

> Is Snort enterprise ready where it can be deployed to monitor
> mission-critical network?

Yes.  It is, and has been for some time.

> If any of you can name any big network which is using Snort as an example,
> it will be very helpful.

Because of NDA, I cannot *name* the network where I was a part of the team
installing and maintainting SNORT on a large network, but I can tell you
that this network is one of the top tier-1 NSPs.  I can tell you that
SNORT is the sole such product chosen for this purpose, and that it works
better than we could have possibly hoped for.  last I looked, SNORT was
being used on circuits as large as OC12s.

The problem isn't going to be your sensor (SNORT et al), but your back end
software - *that* part is a bitch!


-- 
Yours,

J.A. Terranson
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