Re: SOHO Hardware IDS

[Ron Gula <rgula () tenablesecurity com>]

At 02:04 PM 11/10/2003 +0100, boutros () swissonline ch wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I am curious if there exists a SOHO-type hardware device with the 
> functionality of the Snort IDS. I know I could build a cheap Linux box, 
> but I am looking for something small and quieter than a PC....
>
> TIA,
> Boutros

Check out Fortinet.  http://www.fortinet.com/ Their web site has much
about firewalls and anti-virus, but they also have Snort embedded into
their appliances. I have several Tenable customers/partners looking at
them and they say the logs output pretty much the same data as the
Snort Linux boxes running right next to it.

Ron Gula, CTO
Tenable Network Security
http://www.tenablesecurity.com
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