Re: lots of monkeys staring at a screen....security?

[Kevin Johnson <kjohnson () secureideas net>]

On Oct 26, 2006, at 8:09 AM, Dave Aitel wrote:
> My feeling is that IDS is 1980's technology and doesn't work  
> anymore. This makes Sourcefire and Counterpane valuable because  
> they let people fill the checkbox at the lowest possible cost, but  
> if it's free for all IBM customers to throw an IDS in the mix then  
> the price of that checkbox is going to get driven down as well.

I think that you are throwing away a technology because of the fact  
it doesn't live up to the hype the
sales monkeys have spewed.  While I will agree that IDS' are not the  
end all be all, they do provide
 a very important layer within the defense in depth strategy.  Yes  
you can evade them, and yes most
companies want to just plug them in and forget about them, but that  
doesn't make the idea wrong.

I am a little biased, <grin>
Kevin
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