Re: IDS standards (was: IDS taps in a switched network...)

[ab () infra de (Alexander Bochmann)]

...on Mon, Nov 01, 1999 at 07:38:21PM -0500, David Newman wrote:

> An IDS standard is an excellent idea. Like RMON, it would give vendors (IDS
> makers and box makers alike) one set of specs to write to, and eliminate the
> problem of a weak IDS on a strong router or vice versa.

I thought that was what the Common Intrusion Detection Framework stuff 
was all about? Creating standard communication paths for IDS components?

Alex.