By Jason Harper, 05/14/2002
Where you place your network Intrusion Detection System (IDS) sensors and how you manage the information they provide are crucial factors in how well the IDS protects your network.
By Jason Harper, 04/17/2002
A properly placed network IDS, such as Snort, is an important component of your defense-in-depth approach to network security.
By Jason Harper, 04/17/2002
When you create ACLs or filters, you must tell the router when to apply them. You’ll want to place them so that your system uses router processing cycles efficiently.
By Jason Harper, 04/16/2002
In signature analysis, the sensor looks not only at the header information, flags set, and packet shape, but also at the contents of the datagram-typically referred to as the ...