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| Subject: | RE: How to choose an IDS/FW MSS provider |
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| Date: | Mon, 14 Mar 2005 20:46:51 -0800 |
David Goodrum wrote:
And yes, it's possible to compromise systems that are simply sniffing... but it's much harder. I know of only one product that's been successfully remotely exploited in this manner, and the only reason that happened was because it was an opensource product that allows hackers to read the source code and look for ways to compromise it.
Mmmm. The Witty worm last year compromised ISS deployments in this manner. Stuart. Stuart Staniford, Principal Scientist Nevis Networks stuart@nevisnetworks.com 408-327-4652 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Test Your IDS Is your IDS deployed correctly? Find out quickly and easily by testing it with real-world attacks from CORE IMPACT. Go to http://www.securityfocus.com/sponsor/CoreSecurity_focus-ids_040708 to learn more. --------------------------------------------------------------------------
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