Re: How to choose an IDS/FW MSS provider

[Kevin <kkadow () gmail com>]

On Thu, 10 Mar 2005 16:28:57 +0000, buineach <securesolutions () gmail com> wrote:
> Stephane
> What is an appliance these days !!
> Answer: everything
> What is a checkpoint fw
> Answer a dell pc running linux
>
> What are most IPS, If you look past the appliance label you will find
> a Linux kernel/OS.
> So what does this run on, a central cpu I think you will find.

Cue MJR's "appliance rant #1".

OTOH, not every "appliance" product runs Linux,
and not every "appliance" is a PC with fancy stickers,
there are a few good products based on ASICs.

And there are products like Intrushield, which are known to
use Linux/LGPL code and also boast about the high
performance of "ASIC based appliance" IPS.


> I think you will admit that the technology used  by IDS vendors is
> almost the same as the appliance IPS  they now promote.

Some IPS vendors call this a feature, others have move beyond their 
IDS products.


> My problem really is that they are promoting this technology
>  for  inline protection when they can so easily become the main
>  bottlenech in any network.

I gather you've been reading Sun Tzu?


Kevin Kadow

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