Re: Can Zeek be installed as in-line IPS?

Patrick Kelley <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.security.detection.bro
Message-ID <CA+WAcdT2FOG5Tmo3Y1ixzpEW3vbsimmYjbUya3zKXQPNscSsmQ@mail.gmail.com>
@James Lay

Couldn't agree more about the metadata and convergence of E/W traffic.
Additionally, we've used SIP analyzers to validate the implementation of
Zeek as a security platform, as it could provide greater visibility into
call center traffic.

Showing that it could increase efficiency, while providing a better
security posture was a good win.

On Mon, Mar 18, 2019 at 2:49 PM Patrick Kelley <
[email protected]> wrote:

> Somedays I wish...
>
> As I sit here reviewing the deployment and Change Management notes for a
> ASA/FirePower, two SourceFire 7120's, two 8250's, and two VM FirePowers.
>
> Orgs are still trying to get ROI on some of this stuff.  It's not AI/ML or
> Blockchain, but it's still running.
>
> On Mon, Mar 18, 2019 at 2:39 PM Edgmand, Craig <[email protected]>
> wrote:
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>> Didn’t IDS die circa 2005?   J
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>> *From:* [email protected] <[email protected]> *On Behalf Of *Richard
>> Bejtlich
>> *Sent:* Monday, March 18, 2019 1:28 PM
>> *To:* Patrick Kelley <[email protected]>
>> *Cc:* [email protected]
>> *Subject:* Re: [Zeek] Can Zeek be installed as in-line IPS?
>>
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>> The PCI requirement is for IDS or IPS, which is unfortunate because they
>> are totally different. I'm surprised IPS is even a market segment anymore.
>> At this point it's really just a firewall feature. There's so much more
>> that can be done with a passive observation platform like Zeek, when you
>> don't have to worry about making line-speed judgements.
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>>
>> Sincerely,
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>>
>>
>> Richard
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>> On Mon, Mar 18, 2019 at 1:50 PM Patrick Kelley <
>> [email protected]> wrote:
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>> Yes.  Many.
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>> PCI-DSS 11.4 comes up quite often. Whether we have consensus on the
>> validity and utility of an IPS or not, it comes up in every single PCI
>> audit.
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>> On Mon, Mar 18, 2019 at 1:40 PM Richard Bejtlich <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
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>> Yes, as Seth said, I said IPS. Is anyone really deploying IPS now? I only
>> see Palo Alto firewalls, etc.
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>>
>> Sincerely,
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>> Richard
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>> On Mon, Mar 18, 2019 at 1:02 PM Seth Hall <[email protected]> wrote:
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>> On 18 Mar 2019, at 11:30, Patrick Kelley wrote:
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>> > I still see the same issues we had on networks 10 years ago. It is
>> > reduced, due to HTTPS and some SMTP, sure.  Dead... not really.
>>
>> To be fair, he did say IPS.  In my opinion IPS has always been in a
>> weird spot where the definition isn't terribly clear (block a single
>> packet in-flight?  block a connection after a determination is made?
>> ...etc).
>>
>> I think everyone here will agree that the visibility provided by Zeek is
>> useful even on modern networks and that tail of completely unencrypted
>> traffic is awfully long. :)
>>
>>    .Seth
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>> --
>> Seth Hall * Corelight, Inc * www.corelight.com
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>> --
>>
>> Richard Bejtlich
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>> Principal Security Strategist, Corelight
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>> --
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>> *Patrick Kelley, CISSP, C|EH, ITIL*
>>
>> *CTO*
>>
>> [email protected]
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>> (o) 770-224-6482
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>>
>>
>> *The limit to which you have accepted being comfortable is the limit to
>> which you have grown. Accept new challenges as an opportunity to enrich
>> yourself and not as a point of potential failure.*
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>> --
>>
>> Richard Bejtlich
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>> Principal Security Strategist, Corelight
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> --
>
> *Patrick Kelley, CISSP, C|EH, ITIL*
> *CTO*
> [email protected]
> (o) 770-224-6482
>
> *The limit to which you have accepted being comfortable is the limit to
> which you have grown. Accept new challenges as an opportunity to enrich
> yourself and not as a point of potential failure.*
>
>
>

-- 

*Patrick Kelley, CISSP, C|EH, ITIL*
*CTO*
[email protected]
(o) 770-224-6482

*The limit to which you have accepted being comfortable is the limit to
which you have grown. Accept new challenges as an opportunity to enrich
yourself and not as a point of potential failure.*

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