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Don't blame the IDS
Don Parker, 2007-11-09

Some years ago, I remember reading a press release from the Gartner Group. It was about intrusion detection systems (IDS) offering little return for the monetary investment in them and furthermore, that this very same security technology would be obsolete by the year 2005. A rather bold statement and an even bolder prediction on their part.

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Re: Don't blame the IDS 2007-11-17
Ari Takanen (Codenomicon)
This is related to an old discussion about reactive versus proactive security. Reactive tools look for worms and viruses (attacks), whereas proactive tools find and fix the actual worm-size holes (vulnerabilities). Unfortunately reactive tools tend to always be 30-60 days late when compared to the e...

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