Re: Triggering IDS

[bart () packetjunkie com]

Adam, 
  
Blade Software's IDS Informer
(http://www.bladesoftware.net/prod_ids.html) - This is a decent
commercial tool available to test the effectiveness of your IDS/IPS. 
It worked quite well when I used it.  They have a lot of "attacks" to
choose from to throw at the IDS.  The cool part about the tool is that
you can pitch/catch the packets between two NICs on the same system.   
  
If you're looking for a free way to do this, I would suggest capturing
some real attacks and use TCP replay.  Also, you could use Snot (yes
spelled right), but this tool is somewhat primitive in what it can do. 
The replaying of packets usually works the best since you know exactly
what you are sending.   
  
In my opinion though, if you have the money to spend, Blade is
definitely the way to go.  It works great for just this problem. 
  
-Bart


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