On Fri, 20 Dec 2002, batz wrote: > Lets say you have a an IDS load balancer sitting on a GigE span > port with a few sensors watching everything go by. If an alert is > triggered, a script is executed which goes out to the router closest > to the origin of the session and initiates the overlaid tunnel.
On any major backbone the IDS function becomes GlobalIDSFunction() { While (1) { printf("Attack Detected!"); } } Do you really want an automatic wiretap installed on your line every time an attack is detected? Have you recently connected a system to the Internet that hasn't been attacked?