Re: Acceptable packet loss?

[byte_jump <bytejump () gmail com>]

Also keep in mind that it is fairly trivial to bypass Snort
altogether. Kind of makes packet loss discussions pointless.

See Dave Aitel's presentation at CanSecWest '05:
http://www.immunitysec.com/downloads/Practical_IDS_Evasion.sxi

In fairness, I must point out that most network-based intrusion
detection systems suffer from the same problems.

byte_jump

On 5/23/05, Byron Pezan <byron () angelica com> wrote:
> What do most of you consider to acceptable packet loss?
>
> I am running snort 2.1 on some fairly low end hardware and have tuned
> the box using some suggestions from Mark Kettler in one of his earlier
> posts to the list
> (http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=snort-users&m=105586643024094&w=2).  I
> am seeing about 4% packet loss on this sensor during my (un-scientific)
> testing.  Would you consider that acceptable or should I look into
> further tuning?
>
> Byron Pezan
>
>
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