hi

in my opinion only:

the standard stuff is probably what
just you need: at the outside
layer you have iptables/ipchains; at the middle
you have tcp wrappers (x/inetd.conf), 
and at the inner you have the applications 
themselves (httpd.conf, or whatever).  Why need
anything else..(except a hardware firewall
at the outside if you have one)

the problem with preventing exploits is you dont
exactly know when a new one is coming from, so 
nobody knows how to prevent it yet...a good detector
that i think your asking for has to know all available
avenues for attack....

the usefulness of IDS is  you know for 
sure that yur invaded alrady, so its time to
analyze what happened or pull the backup tapes.

its like the antivirus/virsuscanner thingy.  At
least your sure you're not broken into yet.



jondz


On Fri, 2003-08-01 at 01:02, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> thanks...but i'm not asking for inputs on ids....but on IPS.
> ...intrusion PREVENTION system.
>  
> thanks.
>  
> sammy
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>       >From: Dean Michael Berris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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>       >there are active/passive IDS's like snort and portsentry, which could be
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>       As far as my experience (last time I used it was a year ago) goes with
>       portsentry, you have to be very careful with its configuration - set the
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