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Subject: Re: Symantec IDS Experts????????????????????
From: Mark Teicher (mark.teicherNETWORKICE.COM)
Date: Tue Oct 17 2000 - 22:04:02 CDT

Isn't Intrusion.com the same folks that were previously owned by ODS,
previously owned by RSA, etc, etc.

NFR is vastly different from ISS Real Secure. But since I am very naive
about either product, it is hard to tell which is product is superior in
different networked environments.

/mark

At 06:46 PM 10/17/00 -0400, Ron Gula wrote:
>Wow ... all sorts of good stuff in this thread!
>
>Re: Symantec
>
>Yep - Symantec bought Axent. Prior to that, Symantec also
>acquired L3 (the guys who made Surveyor). L3 has some NIDS
>folks with operational and development experience from the
>Air Force. No product in a class of Real Secure or NFR
>though and I have no clue how their plan's meld with anyone's
>from Axents.
>
>Re: Open Source vs. Commercial Security Tools
>
>Good luck arguing this point guys! Although I will say that
>most of the information posted by Intrusion.Com about Snort
>is incorrect. Last I checked, it implemented defrag (thanks
>to Dragos) and also had one of the more advanced port scan
>detectors in any IDS I knew of (from Silcon Defense).
>
>Ron Gula
>VP IDS Products - Dragon IDS
>Enterasys Networks
>http://www.enterasys.com
>http://www.securitywizards.com