On Fri, 4 Aug 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> The only way an IDS product can be selected as the best IDS vendor/system
Just like firewalls, the only time "Best" works is with a [HINT] humorous
posting.
> 1. It is commercially available not in research/development state
One could argue that tools like Echelon, which have had decades of
development are ahead of the curve, even if they're searching for a
different class of intrusion ;) Also, not everything is commercial :)
> 3. Real companies are drooling over it, not some pie in the sky dreamt up
> stuff, that may or may not work in a real environment.
Real companies drool over lots of useless stuff.
> 4. It is produced by a real company that is self-funded or VC funded and
> one has a real mailing address not some Mailboxes US address somewhere
> (although those are fun to have if you hiding out from the law or
> something, but that is another post or story to post)
Once again, not everything software need be commercial for it to be well
done or good.
> 5. Magazines actually can be sent eval copies of the software/hardware and
> actually write some critique about it, not having this, or having this, or
> can't do packet dis-assembly, etc.
Sorry, you're *honestly* saying there's value to magazine reviews??????
Paul
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