
Very. That (several sensors), and honeypots. You need to have
tiered security posture... an IDS is not an 'end-all-be all'
sort of thing -- it's just another tool.

Personal experience and opinion, of course. :-)

$.02,

- ferg

ps. I don't believe in 'self-defending' IPS autocracy stuff;
you usually end up sepnding more time clearing auto traps as you
do setting them up. :-)

-- Gadi Evron <ge@linuxbox.org> wrote:

Fergie wrote:

Hi Ferg, :)

> All-in-all, I find that an IDS (NFR-style) has a quite useful
> utility.

How is it useful for your network?


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 Engineering Architecture for the Internet
 fergdawg@netzero.net or fergdawg@sbcglobal.net
 ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/


