Re: IPS technology question.

[planz <planz2009 () gmail com>]

I don't get, what do you mean by "Percentage", since we have uncounted 
number of vendors/brands of IPS today.

If you look at the technology angle, the vendors who are offering both 
Software and Appliance versions of the same IPS, falls into the first 
category. To take a look back at the market, we find only very few 
vendors, like ISS, Snort, Dragon, ...hmmm..  Can somebody help to 
fill-up the list.

Whether it is IDS or IPS, it is important to look at the Detection 
Technology. If it cannot detect, how can it alert or prevent?

In an IPS world, firewall plays behind the scenes;  since the IDS is 
configuring the built-in firewall feature to block.


snort user wrote:

> Greetings.
>
> What percentage of the IPS systems are out there, which does not use
> co-processors/FPGA etc..
>
> What percentage of the IPS systems depend on firewalls like iptables
> and ip filter ?
>
> I am just trying to get an idea of what is the state of art in the IPS
> technology space.
>
> Any information is appreciated.
>
> Thanks
>
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