Re: Cisco vs. Snort

[Nicholas Diotte <xphox () xphox net>]

In-Reply-To: <002701c371f2$d327c890$041410ac@nessus>

Jude,

I have a reasonable budget, not an unlimited supply.  For the price ISS 
quoted me, I can impliment Cisco, NetMon, and Snort!  However I'm currious 
as to why you would choose ISS over other products.  Have you had the 
chance to compair IDS vendors?  Maybe that question can be thrown out to 
the list.  

Does anyone have any reports compairing different IDSes?

I'm finding it very hard to create a presentation, as I don't have 
anything to compair besides what is available on vendor's websites.  And 
we all most of that information was created by some marketting firm, who 
knows nothing about real world issues.

Thanks,

> IF you have the budget for an IDS, why don't you go with a well used,
> supported and trusted brand, like ISS RealSecure running on a Nokia
> appliance ?
>
> Jude
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Nicholas Diotte" <xphox () xphox net>
> To: <security-basics () securityfocus com>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2003 5:18 PM
> Subject: Cisco vs. Snort
>
>
>
>
> Good day,
>
> Recently I've been asked to impliment an IDS system within our corporate
> network.  I've been given a more then reasonable budget, so I'm not
> looking for a cheap/freebie solution.  What if any are the advantages of
> going Cisco vs. building a Snort system.
>
> What I'm thinking is Snort would be much more of a headake as you need to
> write/obtain rules, whereas Cisco that is not the case.
>
> Has anyone had a chance to examin the two devices, and any pointers before
> I proceed with such an order?  Most of our products on our network are
> Cisco based, including all FW, routers, and soon switches.
>
> Reason why I'm asking is that I've been asked to do a presentation for our
> Board of Directors, and as you can see the person in charge before me,
> implimented nothing but Cisco products.
>
> Thanks,
> Nick

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