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IDS: Re: port bonding and taps

Re: port bonding and taps

From: Aaron Cheek <aaron_cheek_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2003 08:52:11 -0700 (PDT)

> What we have done is to set a 10 Mb Ethernet hub up
> near the tap and run both tap ports into it. We then

> plug whatever sniffers you want into the hub and you

> will see both sides of the traffic.

Why use a tap at all if you are using a hub all the
same? You can use a read-only cable to connect your
IDS directly to the hub (as described in the snort
FAQ) and get the same effect.

Aaron

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