RE: Firewall vs. IPS - Differences now (ISS, Intrushield 2.1?)

[Jose Maria Lopez <jkerouac () bgsec com>]

El lun, 06 de 09 de 2004 a las 10:18, Bob Walder escribió:
> I agree...... For now!
>
> But I thought we were talking futures (reading back to Greg's original
> post)
>
> Given increases in capabilities of hardware, do you REALLY think these
> will still be separate devices in five years time? (And let's not go
> into what "next big thing" will have replaced ALL of these technologies
> by then...;o)
>
> Regards,
>
> Bob Walder

I think that maybe they can be in the same device, but being
separate capabilities, not the mix Firewall-IPS some are seeing
as the next step in the firewall or IDS technology. Anyway I
wouldn't buy a single device with both capabilities, as I find
more suitable to have the firewall separate from the IDS/IPS, so
I can configure my network the way I want and not the way some
marketing expert have think I should.

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Jose Maria Lopez Hernandez
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