After months and months and months in the lab, a huge UTM test I did for Network World is now available (for free, folks, for free) on their web site. I apologize in advance if you have to click 800 times to read the whole 19,000 words, but here goes:
Main story starting point:
http://www.networkworld.com/reviews/2007/111207-utm-firewall-test.html
Just the discussion of IPS in the UTM firewall/enterprise space:
http://www.networkworld.com/reviews/2007/111207-utm-firewall-test-ips.html
Chart on catch rates based on Mu-4000 testing:
http://www.networkworld.com/reviews/2007/111207ips.html
If you're not sure that enterprise should even be running IPS in their firewalls, you can click on the link below for a header page which has further links with some discussion on the pros and cons of that issue:
http://www.networkworld.com/buyersguides/guide.php?cat=865480
Enjoy or not, as you see fit.
jms
--
Joel M Snyder, 1404 East Lind Road, Tucson, AZ, 85719
Senior Partner, Opus One Phone: +1 520 324 0494
[email protected] http://www.opus1.com/jms
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Test Your IDS
Is your IDS deployed correctly?
Find out quickly and easily by testing it
with real-world attacks from CORE IMPACT.
Go to http://www.coresecurity.com/index.php5?module=Form&action=impact&campaign=intro_sfw
to learn more.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
lmpx.com only provides a reader for public news (NNTP) servers. It is not
affiliated with the servers or forums shown here and is not responsible for
the content of articles, which is written by their respective authors.