Re: Can snort detect covert channels?

[Jeff Kell <jeff-kell () utc edu>]

Well, if it could detect them, they wouldn't be "covert" now, would 
they?  :-)

It does however detect a number of "esoteric" channels, provided the 
signatures for them.  In fact, a "large number" of signatures focus on 
such traffic for malware detection.  Granted it is a reactive response 
at that point, but the focus is on detection (IDS) rather than 
prevention (IPS).

Jeff

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