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Subject: Re: False Sense of Security?
From: Devdas Bhagat (devdasWORLDGATEIN.NET)
Date: Thu Nov 16 2000 - 10:38:44 CST


On Thu, 16 Nov 2000, Jacob Martinson spewed into the ether:

> but not necessarily as cost-effective as other things. This really
> only applies to detecting exploit attempts I think. I can definitely
> see the value in discovering active use of backdoors and otherwise
> suspicious traffic with a nids or some kind of protocol analyzer.
That is the real purpose of a NIDS. Detecting exploits is a secondary
effect of watching these occurences. :)
<Newbie here, if I am wrong, an enlightening mail will be better than a
flame>

Devdas Bhagat

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