Re: IDS vs Application Proxy Firewall

["JiPi DiNi" <jipidini () gmail com>]

> Can someone please explain how is an IDS different from an application proxy firewall in terms of
> what each of them looks for in a packet.

It all comes down to the OSI layer they are operating "sniffing" on.
Application is layer 7. (http, smtp). So an application FW mostly work
at the application layer.

Hope this gets you started in your research ;)

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Thanks,
JiPi DiNi

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