IPS with no IP address?

[Jeff McCarthy <intel1914a () yahoo com>]

Hello,

I recently sat in on an IPS vendor presentation. They
stated that their IPS has 2 Ethernet interfaces,
neither of which have IP addresses yet they can manage
and monitor the device over IP.  I thought this was
interesting and somewhat unique. 

Are there any other vendors that do that? I know at
least one other vendor has no IP on the interfaces
listening to traffic but they have a seperate
interface with an IP for management.

Thanks,

Jeff McCarthy
USM


                
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