Thanks Martin. As usual you are a sane responder in a sometimes insane field (infosec that is ;) I tend to agree with your analysis of Suricata as taxpayers paying $1M for a subset of Snort. Having worked for DHS infosec, I know much time and money are wasted with little or nothing to show for it.
Curt Purdy CISSP, GSNA, GSEC, MCSE+I, CCNA [email protected] [email protected] On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 4:11 PM, Martin Roesch <[email protected]> wrote: > Roesch here. Was just doing an apples-to-apples comparison for Ellen > (not the most technical reporter in the industry) where she said the > other engine could do 10Gbps so I gave her a relative estimation of > Snort performance in a world where that was possible based on the > relative performance numbers we have. > > In a world where X can do 10Gbps and we know in our test environment > we're seeing at least 5x the performance without trying real hard, we > can do 5*X the performance. It came out as stupid as I hoped it > would. :) > > Marty > > > On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 2:21 PM, Curt Purdy <[email protected]> wrote: >> FYI, Roesch is claiming not 10Gbs but 10GBs! and apparently that's not >> the Sourcefire appliance but Snort, at least according to this >> article: >> http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/072010-is-snort-dead.html?page=2 >> >> Curt Purdy CISSP, GSNA, GSEC, MCSE+I, CCNA >> [email protected] >> [email protected] >> >> ----------------------------------------------------------------- Securing Your Online Data Transfer with SSL. A guide to understanding SSL certificates, how they operate and their application. By making use of an SSL certificate on your web server, you can securely collect sensitive information online, and increase business by giving your customers confidence that their transactions are safe. http://www.dinclinx.com/Redirect.aspx?36;5001;25;1371;0;1;946;9a80e04e1a17f194
