Network Taps

["Andy Cuff [Talisker]" <talisker () networkintrusion co uk>]

Hi
I have been meaning to put up a page on Network Taps for over a year and
have at last got around to it.  There has been some movement with the likes
of Finisar taking over Shomiti but I can only find 4 manufacturing players
out there, being:

Intrusion
Network Critical
Finisar aka Shomiti
Net Optics

If there are any more out there please let me know so that I can include
them.  I have used 3 of the above and they each have their pros and cons.
One of them includes a hub within the tap which saves a great deal in the
facilities required to use them, though there is a bandwidth issue.
Allowing the transmission of resets back through the tap is a mixed blessing
though. http://www.networkintrusion.co.uk/taps.htm

On a separate note Jeff Ames has volunteered to maintain a software protocol
analyzer page, last count he was at 20+ products and rising.  I tried to do
the same last year and failed so I am eternally grateful to him for
providing details of all known products to the community.  Should be up
within 2 weeks. http://www.networkintrusion.co.uk/analyzers.htm

Thanks again to all the other volunteers who are maintaining various pages
and categories on site.

Talisker Network Security Tools
http://www.networkintrusion.co.uk


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