Summary of Ethernet TAPS

["David Nardoni" <dnardoni () firstresponseconsulting com>]

Thanks to all of you for posting your opinions on Ethernet TAP's.  Thought I
would give you a summary of what everyone came up with.

HARDWARE BASED

NetOptics
http://www.netoptics.com/products/product_family.asp?cid=1&Section=products&;
menuitem=1

Finisar
http://www.finisar.com/product/product.php?product_id=110

Network Critical
http://www.criticaltap.com/tapmodels.php

Intrusion
http://www.intrusion.com/products/taps.asp

Toplayer
http://www.toplayer.com/content/products/intrusion_detection/ids_balancer_ta
ps.jsp

Make your own
http://www.snort.org/docs/tap/



SOFTWARE

Ettercap
http://ettercap.sourceforge.net/index.php?s=home


Many Thanks,

David Nardoni CISSP
First Response Consulting Services, Inc.  
dnardoni () firstresponseconsulting com 



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