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-----Original Message-----
From: Simon Desmeules [mailto:SimonDesmeules.com]
Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2002 1:34 PM
To: Bennett Todd
Cc: counter.spygmx.de; Haradon, Dorita (ISSAtlanta); issforumiss.net;
manuelorion.cl; RobertHuberfirstusa.com
Subject: Re: FW: comparison Dragon - Real Secure

Good stuff, have you received any technical documents that compare Real
Secure vs Snort? If so, I`d like to take a look at it.

thanks,
Simon. :-)

Bennett Todd wrote:

>I hate to disagree, but I think the response was all that could be
>hoped for. If you want any hope of a balanced, neutral comparison,
>light on marketing, you ask for it in a neutral forum; in this case
>focus-ids would be a good place. If you ask for a comparison on a
>vendor's list, it's reasonable to expect the marketing material that
>the vendor has on hand to help people feel good about picking their
>product over the competition.
>
>This material isn't useless; it's what you retain after you finish
>the vendor selection process, to hand to anybody who comes along
>later questioning your choice. It's not what you want for initial
>product selection, but it's the reasonable response to expect when
>you ask a vendor for a comparison.
>
>-Bennett
>

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