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Check out this whitepaper on RPC Signature Quality. It describes how Snort rules detect RPC exploits vs. how RealSecure does. Snort was also included in the latest round of IDS performance testing conducted by NSS. http://documents.iss.net/whitepapers/RPC_Sig_Quality.pdf ******************************************* Dorita Haradon ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Technical Marketing Manager Internet Security Systems (NASDAQ: ISSX) 6303 Barfield Road, Building B, 4th Floor Atlanta, Georgia 30328 Office: 404-236-2856 Mobile: 770-598-2502 http://www.iss.net - The Power to Protect ISS Press Releases: http://bvlive01.iss.net/issEn/delivery/prlist.jsp ******************************************** -----Original Message----- From: Simon Desmeules [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2002 1:34 PM To: Bennett Todd Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Haradon, Dorita (ISSAtlanta); [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: FW: comparison Dragon - Real Secure Good stuff, have you received any technical documents that compare Real Secure vs Snort? If so, I`d like to take a look at it. thanks, Simon. :-) Bennett Todd wrote: >I hate to disagree, but I think the response was all that could be >hoped for. If you want any hope of a balanced, neutral comparison, >light on marketing, you ask for it in a neutral forum; in this case >focus-ids would be a good place. If you ask for a comparison on a >vendor's list, it's reasonable to expect the marketing material that >the vendor has on hand to help people feel good about picking their >product over the competition. > >This material isn't useless; it's what you retain after you finish >the vendor selection process, to hand to anybody who comes along >later questioning your choice. It's not what you want for initial >product selection, but it's the reasonable response to expect when >you ask a vendor for a comparison. > >-Bennett >
