Re: Quick questions about recieved packets

[Richard Bejtlich <taosecurity () gmail com>]

Joseph Nicholson wrote:

> This is my core switch and brings about 5 different network segments together...
>
> The monitor port is a Gigabit port and the monitoring ethernet port is running
> at a Gigabit also.

Hi Joseph,

Do you have an idea of how much bandwidth you are watching on this SPAN port?

Can you share some specifications for your hardware -- RAM, PCI bus, etc.?

Have you tried just sending alerts to an alert file, for testing?

Thank you,

Richard
http://www.taosecurity.com


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