Richard's blog @ http://taosecurity.blogspot.com/search?q=taps and especially his books (Tao of Network Security Monitoring and Extrusion Detection) are the best sources I have ever found, concerning [not only] taps and[/but] so much more on the subject - proper usage and best methodologies and practices for network monitoring (and not only for security!!!)
Stefan On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 7:12 PM, Christopher Morrow <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 12:35 AM, Jared Mauch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > Check out packet forensics depending on what your ultimate requirements > are. > > > > I would also add a 'see packet forensics'... > > > On Jul 29, 2008, at 7:10 PM, "John A. Kilpatrick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > >> > >> We've deployed a bunch taps in our network and now we need a platform on > >> which to capture the data. Our bandwidth is currently pretty low but > I've > >> got 8 links to tap, which means I need 16 ports. Has anyone done any > >> research on doing accurate packet capture with commodity hardware? > >> > >> > >> -- > >> John A. Kilpatrick > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] Email| http://www.hypergeek.net/ > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] Text pages| ICQ: 19147504 > >> remember: no obstacles/only challenges > >> > >> > > > > > >