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Network Intrusion Detection Systems Fail to Impress

Posted by michael on from the got-root dept.

TheBongPipe writes "I'm reading a nice test here about 7 commercial IDSs. Who won the prize? Nobody..." They also looked at Snort, but found that all the products generated way too many false alarms.

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  1. Pipe? by sdjunky · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    "They also looked at Snort..."

    No they didn't. It was posted by "TheBongPipe" and I don't see how you could possibly snort that

  2. Re:A False Alarm is still an Alarm by alienmole · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    ... As for stability, I think this report is correct, the only IDS I've used that didn't crash consistanty was snort (with ACID)

    Whoa, you snort acid? Hardcore, dude!

  3. Re:A False Alarm is still an Alarm by Ashtangi · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Hmmm. Every time i snort, especially with acid, I end up crashing for at least the better part of the next day. Of course hitting the old bong pipe is a nice part of the crash, but all in all I try to stay away from snort. Acid is ok every once in a while, but peyote, salvia, and good ol shrooms are much preferable.

  4. Re:A False Alarm is still an Alarm by Duck_Taffy · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    ... As for stability, I think this report is correct, the only IDS I've used that didn't crash consistanty was snort (with ACID)

    I've never tried snorting acid before. Do you see pretty colors?

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