Re: challenges in capturing Gigabit ethernet

[Sanjay Rawat <sanjayr () intoto com>]

Its not only installing GB NIC. An IDS/IPS must be capable of processing 
the packet at that speed. For this purpose, it makes use of HW 
accelerators, efficient algorithms and data structures.
I hope you have some idea now.
regards
-Sanjay

At 01:28 PM 12/23/2005, Siddharth Phadnis wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> Vendors have long been talking about gigabit ethernet capabilities of
> their IDS/IPS. It got me thinking that is it just a simple matter of
> installing a gigabit ethernet card in the appliance and capturing the
> packets or is there any specialized hardware which is required.
>
> In effect, what all challenges are involved in capturing packets off a
> gigabit ethernet network so that packets do not drop. Does it just
> involve the hardware or are there some considerations in software too?
>
> Regards,
> Siddharth

Sanjay Rawat
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INTOTO Software (India) Private Limited
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