On 12/20/05, Josh Perrymon <perrymonj@networkarmor.com> wrote:
I have talked to clients and they did not like the RadWare box. They
say the management interface is unusable and the box isn't stable.
I have played with the ISS and Cisco products and have been happy...
I'm going with "Well I read..." for my info on this, but the article
by Ed Skoudis and Mike Poor in the November 2005 issue of Information
Security magazine says much the same about the RadWare box.
Search for the article online if you want to read it, but their
reviews boiled down to this:
Top Layer Network's Attack Mitigator IPS 5500 - A-
Sourcefire's 3D System Intrusion Sensor 3000 - B+
ISS's Preventia Network Protection Appliance G400 - B+
Cisco Systems Intrusion Prevention Sensor 4255 Series - B
Radware Defense Pro - C+
From their reviews I'd be probably most interested in either the Top
Laywer box or the ISS box. Ths ISS box uses closed signatures, which
I'm not thrilled about, but they found it to have "stellar detection."
Their knock on Top Layer was that it could improve on evasion tactics
detection, but other than that they loved it.
I can admit to being an open source zealot, so yeah - I would've
expected me to go for a SourceFire product first too but they say that
the SourceFire box requires significant tuning in the beginning. To me
that puts their system in 3rd place behind Top Layer and ISS.
Remember - I've got zero experience with any of these devices. Just
passing along what I read. YMMV
--
Dave Bush <hockeystatman@gmail.com>
There are two seasons in my world - Hockey and Construction
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