Cisco vs. Snort

[Nicholas Diotte <xphox () xphox net>]

Good day,

Recently I've been asked to impliment an IDS system within our corporate 
network.  I've been given a more then reasonable budget, so I'm not 
looking for a cheap/freebie solution.  What if any are the advantages of 
going Cisco vs. building a Snort system.

What I'm thinking is Snort would be much more of a headake as you need to 
write/obtain rules, whereas Cisco that is not the case.

Has anyone had a chance to examin the two devices, and any pointers before 
I proceed with such an order?  Most of our products on our network are 
Cisco based, including all FW, routers, and soon switches.

Reason why I'm asking is that I've been asked to do a presentation for our 
Board of Directors, and as you can see the person in charge before me, 
implimented nothing but Cisco products.

Thanks,
Nick

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