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/hw/modules/ps2706/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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