FW: Changes in IDS Companies?

[Avi Chesla <avic () V-Secure com>]

-----Original Message-----
From: Avi Chesla 
Sent: Thursday, October 17, 2002 1:23 PM
To: 'Chris'; focus-ids () securityfocus com
Cc: 'Samuel Cure'
Subject: RE: Changes in IDS Companies?


URL's

www.tippingpoint.com/
www.intruvert.com/
www.forescout.com/
www.captusnetworks.com
www.lancope.com/ www.toplayer.com/Products/attack_mitigator.html ...

-----Original Message-----
From: Chris [mailto:brahma () mendolink com] 
Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2002 9:34 PM
To: Avi Chesla; focus-ids () securityfocus com
Cc: 'Samuel Cure'
Subject: Re: Changes in IDS Companies?


What is the URL for Tipping point?  None of the obvious worked and nothing
came up on google.  Can you respond back with the site.  Thanks.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Avi Chesla" <avic () V-Secure com>
To: <focus-ids () securityfocus com>
Cc: "'Samuel Cure'" <scure () netpierce net>
Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2002 1:45 AM
Subject: RE: Changes in IDS Companies?


> I totally agree with you. Next generation IDS  ,also being called
Intrusion
> Prevention Systems or Perimeter Security devices are the next step in
> the evolution of the Traditional Intrusion Detection Systems. Vendors 
> such as Intruvert, Tipping point ,  Vsecure Technologies , Lancope, 
> Forescout , TopLayer (Mitigator) etc, are example of some. All these 
> vendors claim to have an Intrusion Prevention Systems which usually 
> has some kinds of Adaptive capabilities, they do behavioral and 
> protocol analysis and do not based on attack signature (most of them) 
> ,
they
> sit in-line (most of them), they mitigate attack without be depended
> in other products to do the blocking...
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Avi Chesla
> Director of Research
> Vsecure Technoliges, Inc.
> www.v-secure.com
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Samuel Cure [mailto:scure () netpierce net]
> Sent: Monday, October 14, 2002 10:54 PM
> To: focus-ids () securityfocus com
> Subject: Changes in IDS Companies?
>
>
> Just noticing some changes with some known IDS companies and wanted
> some feedback from the community. Because Marcus Ranum left NFR 
> earlier this
year
> and Ron Gula has left Enterasys Networks, I am questioning the future
> of some early-on IDS companies. I mentioned some time ago that the IDS 
> market will eventually consolidate and it seems like things are moving 
> in that direction.
>
>
> To further enforce my point, word on the street is TippingPoint is now
> seeking for someone to buy them out. Does anyone else have anything 
> that could help validate this or these types of trends in IDS 
> companies?
>
>
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> -------------------
> Samuel J. Cure
> Security Specialist
> NetPierce Security Services
> www.netpierce.net
> -------------------
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