RE: Intrusion Prevention

["Adam Powers" <apowers () lancope com>]

> From what I understand of the technology, they only accommodate external
threats. They don't provide protection against internal -> internal or
internal -> external threats. Perhaps someone from Forescout could
comment on this "limitation".

Additionally, to say "100% accuracy" implies that they properly
interpret 100% of the attacks (100% "precision" as another poster
explained it). Unlikely.

-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Wayne Brager Jr [mailto:shonuff () houston rr com] 
Sent: Monday, December 09, 2002 1:25 AM
To: intrusi0n () cox net; focus-ids () securityfocus com
Subject: Re: Intrusion Prevention

There's no such thing as no "false positives"...they smokin crack
----- Original Message -----
From: <intrusi0n () cox net>
To: <focus-ids () securityfocus com>
Sent: Thursday, December 05, 2002 9:12 PM
Subject: Intrusion Prevention


> Hello everyone,
>
> Has anyone here seen or used ActiveScout, by ForeScout technologies?
It
claims to have a 100% accuracy , no false positives. I am rather
skeptical,
but I was wondering if anyone here has any expertise using or evaluating
this.
> Any input is greatly appreciated!
>
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