IDS Appliances

[Clint M. Sand]

On Fri, May 30, 2003 at 11:50:07AM -0400, mike ledoux wrote:
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> My office has decided to purchase an IDS appliance, and I've been
> asked to make a recommendation.  In the past, I've always just used
> IDS software (Snort and others), but they specifically want an
> appliance for this.
> 
> I've done some investigation, and it seems like ISS's RealSecure
> running on a Nokia appliance is a good option, but I have no
> experience with it.  Does anyone here have any experience with this
> product?  I'm curious to hear how well it works in a real world
> situation.  I'm also open to suggestions for alternative products,
> if anyone has a favorite IDS appliance they think I should consider.
> 
> Thanks,
> 

The author of snort has his own appliance. However i think that they're
more very high bandwidth links. So depending on your needs, this may be
something worth looking at. 

http://www.sourcefire.com/products/products.htm

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