IDS Testing

["Security Tester" <idstester () hotmail com>]

Has anyone ever used a product called IDS Informer made by Blade Software?  
I am currently looking at different methods/products that can test the 
functionality and response of production IDS sensors.

I have used stick and snot in the past, but these get old, and quite frankly 
they really don't test the detection capability of the sensor.  They are 
however great tools for spamming the sensors and slipping in below the 
radar.

Do any of you have any suggestions as to what might be a good technique/tool 
to test the responses of the IDS systems, apart from performing the attacks 
yourself.  I am really looking for some sort of way to replay the attack 
data on the wire, but not actually target any machines.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.  Thanks in advance.

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