My problem with Gartner Group is that so many of their predictions become self-fulfilling prophecies.
Gartner group says this is going to happent, and it does - because everyone assumes that Gartner is always right.. When the AS/400s were announced - they were going to be a non-issue.... (according to GG) Finally, some years ago GG finally admitted that there might be a niche for at. At the time IBM had sold over 250,000 of them... I really believe that GG's prediction had a major impact upon it's lack of penetration outside of the then existing S/38 user community. Need I say that if it were not for that tremendous inertia, and the weight of IBM, the AS/400 would have been another also ran... Any successful hacks against it (the AS/400 ??) lately. So,,, I wonder had many managers will now start refusing IDS initiatives.... I think that for many of us, some features are not greatly needed - others are.. I know that people are doing port scans against our DMZ, and trying any number of port 80 hacks. So - big deal... If I see the same types of traffic on our internal network, then it is a big deal.. Either someone internally is play "silly buggers", or we have a problem in our firewall or..... Is IDS a replacement for proper firewall design and administration, a good secure network architecture, proper server administration - not on your life. Is it a useful tool in the defense of the homeland (MY internal network) - you betcha!! Villy Madsen, ISP GSEC _______________________________________________ ISSForum mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] TO UNSUBSCRIBE OR CHANGE YOUR SUBSCRIPTION, go to https://atla-mm1.iss.net/mailman/listinfo
