Is the Intrusion Detection System, IDS, dead?
There have been quite a few people, and some questionable research groups, who have claimed the Intrusion Detection System (IDS) to be dead. No longer a relevant technology and all that. Well I for one would disagree with that statement. While the IDS is not the end all be all of network security it is still a vital piece of it. The main problem with them is that the people who administer them often don’t have the requisite knowledge. They would be hard pressed to differentiate between and ICMP echo request and an ICMP echo reply. Much like any piece of network security technology, it is only as good as the person administering it.
Technorati Tags: Intrusion Detection System, IDS, Network Security, ICMP
joat Says:
August 9th, 2007 at 3:33 pm
Concur with everything you’ve said. However, your post just proves that you’re not selling an IPS or a firewall with “deep packet inspection”. (heh) To go your comments one futher, I believe that people shouldn’t be allowed to use GUI-based tools until they fully understand the command line versions (forces them to learn the technology behind the mouse click).
BTW, your captcha generator doesn’t work all of the time. I had to reload the page before the graphic would come up.
- joat
Don Parker Says:
August 9th, 2007 at 3:37 pm
Hi joat,
heh, nope, I am not pimping out any specific product or technology here. Also, I fully agree with learning the cli first, and then using the GUI when necessary. Many thanks for the note on the captcha. I shall pass that on.
Cheers,
Don
joe Says:
August 15th, 2007 at 6:47 am
How about if all the “technorati” stop putting people down for using GUI tools. Many of us came up in the IT ranks using nothing but, and personally I prefer them in many cases. If a person is knowledgeable, efficient, and good at what they do then what does it matter whether or not they use the CLI or a GUI.
Don Parker Says:
August 15th, 2007 at 1:51 pm
Hi Joe,
I am not putting down people who use a GUI. My point is that it is better to learn the CLI first and then move on to the GUI. For me this is all about learning, and more specifically, learning better. Using a GUI doesn’t make you think all that hard, while using the CLI does. I trust this clarifies.
–Don