Re: Cisco IDS

["M. Shirk" <shirkdog_list () hotmail com>]

LOL. Way to use the hardware :-)

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> From: Will Metcalf <william.metcalf () gmail com>
> Reply-To: Will Metcalf <william.metcalf () gmail com>
> To: Joe Patterson <jpatterson () asgardgroup com>
> CC: snort-users () lists sourceforge net, theodorestout () yahoo com
> Subject: Re: [Snort-users] Cisco IDS
> Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2005 13:47:43 -0600
>
> I turned my 4235s into snort boxes ;-)
>
> Regards,
>
> Will
>
>
> On Mon, 17 Jan 2005 14:22:59 -0500, Joe Patterson
> <jpatterson () asgardgroup com> wrote:
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > [mailto:snort-users-admin () lists sourceforge net]On Behalf Of Theodore
> > > Stout
> > > Sent: Monday, January 17, 2005 10:13 AM
> > > To: John Hally; 'snort-users () lists sourceforge net'
> > > Subject: Re: [Snort-users] Cisco IDS
> > ...
> > > Following this, I have to say that Cisco IDS is good
> > > in conjunction with the 65XX class of switches.  If
> > > you need like +5Gig of throughput, this is a nice
> > > solution.
> >
> > Note, however, that the IDS component of this, the IDSM-2 (I'm assuming 
> this
> > is what you are referring to) doesn't exactly have multi-gigabit 
> inspection
> > capability.  From
> > 
> http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/modules/ps2706/products_data_sheet091
> > 86a00801e55dd.html:
> > "600 megabits per second (Mbps) of IDS inspection provides high-speed
> > packet-examination capabilities and allows for more protection of a 
> wider
> > variety of networks and traffic"
> >
> > It sounds to me like you'd actually get better performance by taking a
> > gigabit IDS and plugging it into a SPAN port.
> >
> > That, and it's also a $20K box.
> >
> > Which is, of course, one of the reasons that I prefer snort.  :)
> >
> > -Joe
> >
> >
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