RE: Intrusion Detection recommendations

["Keith Medcalf" <kmedcalf () dessus com>]

German Shepherd Dogs are wonderful intrusion detection devices.  In a lot of cases they also server as excellent 
intrusion prevention devices as well.

(Must be Friday night)
:-)

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Theory is when you know everything but nothing works.  Practice is when everything works but no one knows why.  
Sometimes theory and practice are combined:  nothing works and no one knows why.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: NANOG [mailto:nanog-bounces () nanog org] On Behalf Of Andy Ringsmuth
> Sent: Friday, 13 February, 2015 10:40
> To: NANOG
> Subject: Intrusion Detection recommendations
>
> NANOG'ers,
>
> I've been tasked by our company president to learn about, investigate and
> recommend an intrusion detection system for our company.
>
> We're a smaller outfit, less than 100 employees, entirely Apple-based.
> Macs, iPhones, some Mac Mini servers, etc., and a fiber connection to the
> world. We are protected by a FreeBSD firewall setup, and we stay current
> on updates/patches from Apple and FreeBSD, but that's as far as my
> expertise goes.
>
> Initially, what do people recommend for:
>
> 1. Crash course in intrusion detection as a whole
> 2. Suggestions or recommendations for intrusion detection hardware or
> software
> 3. Other things I'm likely overlooking
>
> Thank you all in advance for your wisdom.
>
>
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