Re: Recommending an IDS system

[Bhargav Bhikkaji <bbhikkaji () yahoo co in>]

In-Reply-To: <3BAFCFDABE11C64DA68B005B0682BB84BF1AEE () cnbmail cnb-waco com>

New version of Cisco IDS runs on Linux box where as older version runs on Solaris.

-Bhargav

> From: "Josh Mills" <JMills () cnbwaco com>
> To: "AJ Butcher, Information Systems and Computing" <Alex.Butcher () bristol ac uk>,
>       "Reza Kordi" <rk () 4unet net>,
>       "Andy Cuff" <lists () securitywizardry com>,
>       "security-basics" <security-basics () securityfocus com>
>
> We were on a netranger box and it was definetly solaris but when we =
> switched the sales rep said it was now running on redhat. I will double =
> check later today and see what it is actually running.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: AJ Butcher, Information Systems and Computing
> [mailto:Alex.Butcher () bristol ac uk]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2004 7:00 AM
> To: Josh Mills; Reza Kordi; Andy Cuff; security-basics
> Subject: RE: Recommending an IDS system=20
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> --On 01 March 2004 17:18 -0600 Josh Mills <JMills () cnbwaco com> wrote:
>
> > I have implemented a new cisco ids solution and i am very pleased with
> > it! the signatures are highly tunable for a commercial package and it
> > seems to be pretty stable. the sensor itself runs on redhat so maybe =
> it
> > isnt that much different than snort.
>
> Is this Cisco's Secure IDS appliance? The last time I looked at them =
> (Aug=20
> 2002) they were running on top of Solaris x86 on Dell Poweredge =
> hardware.=20
> The NIDS itself couldn't be more different from Snort; back then, it =
> didn't=20
> give any information to allow the analyst to decide whether an attack =
> was=20
> successful or not... :(
>
> I don't see any mention of a switch to RH for CSIDS on Cisco's website, =
> so=20
> I'm a little confused...
>
> Best Regards,
> Alex.
> --=20
> Alex Butcher: Security & Integrity, Personal Computer Systems Group
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