Re: Checkpoints Smartdefense as an IPS

On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 5:00 AM, a bv <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi list,
>
> I want to ask to list for the opinion on Checkpoints Smartdefense. For
> the past and current users , how enough/successfull  do you find it as
> an ips for your enterprise? Do you use additional ids/ips if so what
> purposes and to monitor what segments/parts of your infrastructure.?
> And how do you deploy,manage Smartdefense?
>
> Regards
>
>
>

It's not very granular.
It does consume a lot of resources on the firewall (you might not want
that to happen).
It's not very customizable. Don't even think of adding custom made signatures.
It cost only a fraction of what would cost you a dedicated IPS (such
as Proventia or Cisco IPS) if you already have Check Point VPN-1.
Easy to implement, you only have to apply the signatures you want
through SmartDashboard.