Re: New IPS group test report

[Bob Walder <bwalder () spamcop net>]

We didn't test other IDS vendors because it was an IPS test.

We DID test more IPS vendors but not all of them made it into the report.
Because of the amount of time we spend on testing each product, 9-10 vendors
is about the limit of the number we can test and still bring out the report
in a timely manner.

FYI, we start testing for Edition 3 immediately, and that currently
includes:

 Checkpoint
 Cisco
 Intoto
 Juniper
 Lucid
 Radware
 Westline
 And potentially 3 others yet to be announced

We then follow that with our Multi-Gigabit IPS test (carrier
class/enterprise) with devices ranging from 2Gbps to a claimed 10Gbps from:

 McAfee
 Radware
 SecureSoft
 TippingPoint
 Top Layer
 And potentially 2 others yet to be announced

Bob Walder


On 25/1/05 3:58 pm, "Clemens, Dan" <Dan.Clemens () healthsouth com> wrote:

> I guess what I don't get is why didn't you test other ids manufactures on the
> market also?
>
> Why did you only test the vendors mentioned below?
>
> -Dan
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bob Walder [mailto:bwalder () spamcop net]
> Sent: Mon 1/24/2005 2:59 AM
> To: Focus-Ids Mailing List
> Cc:
>
> Subject: New IPS group test report
> For those who are interested, we just published Edition 2 of our IPS group
> test report.
>
> For this edition we had methodologies for both content-based and rate-based
> (attack mitigation) IPS - one product was tested against both. Five made it
> into the final report:
>
> Content-based:
>
> Broadweb NetKeeper
> Fortinet FortiGate
> SecureSoft Apsolute IPS
> Top Layer IPS 5500
>
> Rate-based:
> Top Layer IPS 5500
> V-Secure V-100
>
> The report can be viewed on-line (with no pesky registration forms!) at
> www.nss.co.uk/ips
>
> As with Edition 1, the entire report is up there barring only the benchmark
> results tables.
>
> Hope you find it useful
>
> Bob Walder
> The NSS Group
>
>
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