Re: heavily switched networks

[twig les <twigles () yahoo com>]

--- Stewart Larsen <slarsen42 () cfl rr com> wrote:
> Well, you tell me.  As a network admin in charge of security,
> should I
> be worried about intra-network traffic? 
>
> Would I be better off running a host-based IDS like tripwire
> on the
> servers I care about and only sniffing the uplink?
>
> This is all theoretical, BTW.  But I'm researching for future
> opportunities.

Well yeah, I would definitely worry about intra-network traffic.
 And in this case I believe it would be much simpler to buy
fewer switches with a port mirroring capability than to tap all
those lines or run host-based snort.

Going with your idea of tripwire and sniffing the uplink is an
option if you are less paranoid or can segregate machines at layer-2.

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