Re: A good question about NIDS & HIDS or why NIDS ant not just HIDS?

[Thrynn <thrynn404 () gmail com>]

Without knowing your infrastructure (number of servers, desktops,
routers, etc) it is hard to say whether you should care about a
network based detection system or not. If you have only one server,
then you certainly can say that it will be the only target, otherwise,
how can you be sure? In a larger network, NIDS can possibly give you
an *earlier* indication that something is happening, before your HIDS
gets tripped. I don't think one is a replacement for another and since
you point to a free HIDS, certainly cost isn't a limiting factor since
there is a free NIDS.

On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 8:46 PM, Juan B <juanbabi () yahoo com> wrote:
> HI,
>
> I am thinking that if the target of  a hacker is always the server so why I need the NIDS ? I can monitor very well 
> just the servers with some kind of HIDS like Ossec and I am done no? why should I care about the NIDS when I have a 
> well configured HIDS on every server?
>
> thanks
>
> Juan
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