Re: Cisco vs. Snort

[Jorge Claudio <jcs.lists () dgt pt>]

Hi,
Take a look in http://www.networkcomputing.com/1217/1217f2.html

Jorge

Nicholas Diotte wrote:

> Good day,
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> Recently I've been asked to impliment an IDS system within our corporate 
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> network.  I've been given a more then reasonable budget, so I'm not 
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> looking for a cheap/freebie solution.  What if any are the advantages of 
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> going Cisco vs. building a Snort system.
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> What I'm thinking is Snort would be much more of a headake as you need to 
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> write/obtain rules, whereas Cisco that is not the case.
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> Has anyone had a chance to examin the two devices, and any pointers before 
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> I proceed with such an order?  Most of our products on our network are 
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> Cisco based, including all FW, routers, and soon switches.
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>
> Reason why I'm asking is that I've been asked to do a presentation for our 
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> Board of Directors, and as you can see the person in charge before me, 
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> implimented nothing but Cisco products.
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>
> Thanks,
>
> Nick
>
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