Re: Ideal IDS/IPS

Nikhil Manampady <[email protected]> Mon, 6 Jun 2011 12:19:23 +0530
Newsgroups gmane.comp.security.ids
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> You can also check if the IDP has a NIC bypass feature which actually mak=
es the IDP work as normal switch (no traffic monitoring) in case of a power=
 failure.
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> Thanks & Regards,
> Nikhil Manampady,
> Security Consultant,
> Paladion Networks.
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> On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 8:50 AM, snort user <[email protected]> wrote:
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>> What would we like to have in an ideal IDS/IPS system? I am not
>> restricting the list to existing approaches such as signature based,
>> anomaly based, statistical or specification based IDS. Just trying to
>> get the wish list sort of. Any feedback is much appreciated.
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>> Low false negatives =A0 - maximize detection and prevention of
>> intrusions, detect zero day attacks, detect variations
>> Low false positives =A0 - don't waste analyst time
>> Ease of use =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 - installation and configuration
>> Low resource usage =A0 =A0- minimize resource usage, degrade gracefully
>> when resource usage exceeds limits
>> High Performance =A0 =A0 =A0- good scalability with increasing network s=
peeds
>> Stability, Robustness - no crashes, and resistance to attacks againt IDS
>> Minimal ongoing maintainence - Run with minimal human supervision
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>> Thanks
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