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Subject: Re: Symantec IDS Experts????????????????????
From: Elliot Turner (eturnerINTRUSION.COM)
Date: Tue Oct 17 2000 - 16:06:18 CDT

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but then people buy commercial products primarily due to the lack of
expertise in configuring and maintaining open source systems.
<snip>

I think this statement is quite untrue. Anyone who has done extensive
research into IDS technology
would be well aware of the differences between commercial and open-source
systems. These differences
stem far beyond simple configuration/maintenance factors.

While the current open-source NIDS/IDS solutions are interesting, they are
by no means industrial-grade offerings
suitable for deployment in an enterprise environment. They consistently lag
behind their commercial counterparts
in regard to features and technology implementation. In addition, these
solutions do not offer commercial support, integration into management
infrastructures and so on.
Thx,

Elliot Turner