""Geoff Zinderdine"" wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > > to bring this back into the Cisco realm, Cisco NBAR ( network based > > application recognition ) I believe was intended to provide another > > dimension to the QoS classification process. now it can also be used as a > > filter against certain virus / macro virus attacks. > > NBAR thus far does a poor job of what products like Radware and Fortigate do > very well. Network-based virus screening implemented in ASIC is a very > exciting development, in my opinion. Fortinet can do it fast enough on some > of their boxes for the provider edge. NBAR is perhaps better than nothing, > but it is neither sophisticated enough nor granular enough to do much. I > really hope more providers start adopting these technologies. It will save > us all allot of grief.
you know Geoff, you are absolutely right. this is true with many technologies. I work in sales, and I see product announcements and attend various vendor educational webcasts regularly. Then I think about questions on this newsgroup - how do I get my PIX to do this, how do I get my router to do that, and all I can think is that there are many vender alternatives that are far superior to trying to make a Cisco router or a Cisco PIX do any number of things that slow down the processing and then do the job less effectively anyway. Products like QoSWorks and NetVMG are first rate. Unfortunately, the small to medium city, county, school district, and medical organizations I cover usually cannot afford many of these products. Plus the telco I work for believes ( like any telco ) that we should be pushing more bandwidth. Programs like e-rate seem to have changed a lot of the dynamic as well. And the Cisco account teams are very good at getting into these places and convincing staff IT people ( who are not necessarily the best and the brightest in the markets I cover - not with what they are paid ) that the Cisco product line is the answer to every problem. Can't complain, though. I make a decent living selling Cisco too. :-> > > Geoff Zinderdine > CCIE #10410 Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=60294&t=60114 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
