Re: [Snort-users] Cisco IDS

LOL. Way to use the hardware :-)

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>From: Will Metcalf <william.metcalf@gmail.com>
>Reply-To: Will Metcalf <william.metcalf@gmail.com>
>To: Joe Patterson <jpatterson@asgardgroup.com>
>CC: snort-users@lists.sourceforge.net, theodorestout@yahoo.com
>Subject: Re: [Snort-users] Cisco IDS
>Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2005 13:47:43 -0600
>
>I turned my 4235s into snort boxes ;-)
>
>Regards,
>
>Will
>
>
>On Mon, 17 Jan 2005 14:22:59 -0500, Joe Patterson
><jpatterson@asgardgroup.com> wrote:
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > [mailto:snort-users-admin@lists.sourceforge.net]On Behalf Of Theodore
> > > Stout
> > > Sent: Monday, January 17, 2005 10:13 AM
> > > To: John Hally; 'snort-users@lists.sourceforge.net'
> > > Subject: Re: [Snort-users] Cisco IDS
> > ...
> > > Following this, I have to say that Cisco IDS is good
> > > in conjunction with the 65XX class of switches. If
> > > you need like +5Gig of throughput, this is a nice
> > > solution.
> >
> > Note, however, that the IDS component of this, the IDSM-2 (I'm assuming
>this
> > is what you are referring to) doesn't exactly have multi-gigabit
>inspection
> > capability. From
> >
>http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/..._data_sheet091
> > 86a00801e55dd.html:
> > "600 megabits per second (Mbps) of IDS inspection provides high-speed
> > packet-examination capabilities and allows for more protection of a
>wider
> > variety of networks and traffic"
> >
> > It sounds to me like you'd actually get better performance by taking a
> > gigabit IDS and plugging it into a SPAN port.
> >
> > That, and it's also a $20K box.
> >
> > Which is, of course, one of the reasons that I prefer snort. :)
> >
> > -Joe
> >
> >
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