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IDS: RE: IPS Reliability/Availability

RE: IPS Reliability/Availability

From: Wes Young <wcyoung_at_buffalo.edu>
Date: Thu, 02 Feb 2006 18:59:38 -0500

http://www.netoptics.com/products/product_family_details.asp?Section=products&pid=99&cid=5

On Thu, 2006-02-02 at 15:51 -0600, Chris Serafin wrote:
> I know from the short time I worked for a Juniper reseller, the Juniper IPS
> has a separate box [very small] that does like a HA link to the IPS, so if
> the IPS fails, the traffic routed straight throught the network with no IPS
>
> Chris Serafin
> IT Security / VoIP Engineer
> chris_at_chrisserafin.com
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: geek_brigades_at_yahoo.com [mailto:geek_brigades_at_yahoo.com]
> Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2006 10:27 AM
> To: focus-ids_at_securityfocus.com
> Subject: IPS Reliability/Availability
>
> I am working on a big IPS project and I am very concerned about installing
> an inline device in a core enterprise network, where these devices have the
> potential to create big time network outages.
>
> Can you, please, share your possible bad experiences about the reliability
> of the following inline IPS products:
>
> ISS
> TippingPoint
> Juniper IPS
> Sourcefire
> McAfee IntruShield
>
> Have you had any issues with the availability of these devices, such as fail
> close crashes or do you have any experience with bypass switches that would
> mitigate the availability issue?
>
> Thanks,
> Mike
>
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-- 
Wes Young
Network Security Analyst
University at Buffalo
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Received on Feb 06 2006
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