Marcus has always been fond of BSDi. Have newer NFR versions really moved
to OpenBSD? Just curious.
-Jason
On Thu, 3 Feb 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2000 17:38:13 -0600
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> To: Carric Dooley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: NFR's Intrusion Detection Appliance
>
> If the docs have been updated to reflect NFR 4.1. I had received a copy
> of NFR 4.0 a while back that included outdated documentation (NFR 3.0)..
> Hopefully, this has been corrected since then.
>
> The OS is definitely a copy of a OpenBSD 2.3, which can be readily
> displayed if one uses nmap. Be careful, the version of OpenBSD NFR used
> still has a buffer overflow problem.
>
> /mark
>
>
>
>
> "Carric Dooley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 02/03/00 04:29 PM
>
>
> To: "Miss Yvette Seifert Hirth, CCP, CDP" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "List
>Server,
> Firewalls" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> cc:
> Subject: Re: NFR's Intrusion Detection Appliance
>
>
> Did it not come with the docs??
>
> Basically you put it in a machine that has NIC's it can drive (like a PII
> machine with 3c905's), a 4 gig HDD, and 64-128MB RAM and boot it up. It
> more-or-less runs off the CD, reads a small config from the HDD on bootup
> (after you have configured it.. it's pretty straight forward), and logs to
> the HDD. I was not personally overwhelmed by the interface ( I prefer
> ISS' heirarchical alerts), but I would say it is considred to be in the
> top 5 for NIDS's. It can run stand-alone or, with a Solaris/Linux mgt.
> station, in distributed. I want to say the OS is a customization of
> NetBSD (or OpenBSD??).
>
>
> Carric Dooley
> Network Security Consultant
>
> "A little inaccuracy sometimes saves a ton of explanation. "
> - H. H. Munro (Saki) (1870-1916)
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Miss Yvette Seifert Hirth, CCP, CDP <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: List Server, Firewalls <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2000 4:03 PM
> Subject: NFR's Intrusion Detection Appliance
>
>
> > Hi everybody!
> >
> > Today in the mail I received a copy (unsolicited, unless I am suffering
> from
> > Early Onset of Alzheimer's) of NFR's Intrusion Detection Appliance v4.1
> on
> > CD-Rom. I did *not* receive a physical "appliance", and as I'm not
> familiar
> > with this product ...
> >
> > Does anyone know of NFR's stuff? Is this product worth "reviewing", or
> > should I simply return it from whence it came?
> >
> > I'm still a newbie, and as we have a firewall in place, I'm afraid of
> > "downgrading".
> >
> > If anyone has any experience with this, I'd appreciate hearing about it,
> > either on the listserver or via direct email.
> >
> > Thanks In Advance,
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> > Miss Yvette Seifert Hirth, CCP, CDP Voice: (847) 263 6800
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