Re: RE: RE: Which is the most widely deployed commercial IPS

Even though I am new to this list, its still very obvious how there is a lot of 
misinformation spread by people that claim to be in the know. Not sure where 
you got your information as it is completely wrong on both counts.

a) the consumer version has Network IPS, not Host IPS
b) at least as far as the Network Intrustion signature set is concerned, the 
consumer version is exactly the same as the enterprise version.

Check out the security update information page for NIS/NAV at 

http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/Product/Product_NIS.html

and then the one for Symantec Client Security at

http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/Product/Product_SCS.html

Do you see any resemblance ? I do.

Maybe you are referring to Symantec's Network Intrusion Prevention gateway 
appliance solution Symantec Network Security which does have a much larger 
signature set, but even then shares the same engines with its other cousins. I 
am not interested in gateway solutions as they have all sorts of issues.


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