recommendations regarding IPS
Edward W. Ray
spamjail at mmicman.com
Sat Apr 1 03:28:14 UTC 2006
> Except for one network I have been in charge with I have
> never found the need for any I[DP]S product and find them an
> almost complete waste of time and money.
Agreed, they just for people to "feel" more secure. I use it because I got
one free for selling a bunch to customers who needed them to satisfy various
regulatory requirements. Other than SQL Slammer and the occasional HTTP PHP
exploit attempts, I rarely see anything of consequence.
Edward W. Ray
CISSP, MCSE+Security, P.E., SANS GCIA Gold, SANS GCIH Gold
President
NetSec Design & Consulting
http://www.netsecdesign.com
(714) 997-9226
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