RE: ACID Dates

[nhdave () digistruction com]

Can definitely agree with all the stated reasons in that it is an actively updated and very useful tool to have in 
one's kit and correct me if I am wrong but BASE now does a 5 minute refresh as well where I don't think ACID did. And 
that is a very handy feature (IMnsHO) when there are a number of sensors being monitored.
Heck, we just paid BIG bucks at work for an IDS (I'll spare them and not mention which one) and it is so cludgy I'm 
actually thinking of seeing if I can put BASE on the sensors instead!  ;-)

Michael Steele wrote ..
> This is just my 2 cents; anyone using ACID should switch to BASE. The simple
> reason is that ACID is no longer being developed and BASE is being actively
> developed. BASE is an upgraded ACID and fixes some of the quirks that ACID
> has been plagued with for the last few years.
>
> For anyone running ACID it is now time to migrate to BASE. It's still one
> of
> the very few free consoles that is not linked to any commercial affiliation.
>
> If people want to try a little different type of console, they might want
> to
> try Snortsnarf. It hasn't been serviced in a year or two but it works great
> and does some things that BASE does not, and it's free.
>
> Kindest regards, 
> Michael...
>
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>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: snort-users-admin () lists sourceforge net [mailto:snort-users-
> > admin () lists sourceforge net] On Behalf Of Kevin Johnson
> > Sent: Friday, January 28, 2005 4:36 PM
> > To: Chris Vaughan
> > Cc: Dave C; Snort Users
> > Subject: RE: [Snort-users] ACID Dates
> >
> > On Fri, 2005-01-28 at 13:04, Chris Vaughan wrote:
> > > I looked at the website, and it looks a lot like ACID.
> > >
> > > What do you like about BASE so much more? What are it's advantages
> over
> > ACID?  What about compared to OpenAanval?
> > >
> >
> > First I would like to thank Dave C for the resounding answer.<g>
> >
> > As one of the BASE project leads, I guess I can answer this.  BASE looks
> > a lot like ACID because it is a fork of the ACID code base.  ACID has
> > not been recently updated where as the BASE project is hyperactively
> > supported.<g>
> >
> > BASE has quite a few bug fixes that have been missing from ACID.  As
> to
> > your original email, BASE dynamically generates the date drop downs so
> > we don't have the release every year issue.  BASE also has a basic user
> > authentication system which is a commonly asked for feature.
> >
> > BASE will also co-exist with ACID as we have only added to the database
> > schema.  So if you wanted to you could run both to see if it works for
> > you.
> >
> > If you have any questions, email us at base () secureideas net or check
> out
> > the sourceforge.net site.
> > Kevin
> >
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