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(Must be Friday night) :-) --- Theory is when you know everything but nothing works. Practice is when everything works but no one knows why. Sometimes theory and practice are combined: nothing works and no one knows why. >-----Original Message----- >From: NANOG [mailto:nanog-boun...@nanog.org] On Behalf Of Andy Ringsmuth >Sent: Friday, 13 February, 2015 10:40 >To: NANOG >Subject: Intrusion Detection recommendations > >NANOG'ers, > >I've been tasked by our company president to learn about, investigate and >recommend an intrusion detection system for our company. > >We're a smaller outfit, less than 100 employees, entirely Apple-based. >Macs, iPhones, some Mac Mini servers, etc., and a fiber connection to the >world. We are protected by a FreeBSD firewall setup, and we stay current >on updates/patches from Apple and FreeBSD, but that's as far as my >expertise goes. > >Initially, what do people recommend for: > >1. Crash course in intrusion detection as a whole >2. Suggestions or recommendations for intrusion detection hardware or >software >3. Other things I'm likely overlooking > >Thank you all in advance for your wisdom. > > >---- >Andy Ringsmuth >a...@newslink.com >News Link – Manager Technology & Facilities >2201 Winthrop Rd., Lincoln, NE 68502-4158 >(402) 475-6397 (402) 304-0083 cellular