Despite a rocky beginning, intrusion detection and prevention systems are an important part of any security arsenal. We road-test six hardware and software-based systems.

This is where the Linux Intrusion Detection System (LIDS) comes to the rescue. LIDS is a patch to the Linux kernel; it implements access control and a reference monitor.

The firm released the latest version of its Astaro Security Gateway, a hardware platform that includes built-in firewall/VPN/intrusion detection system (IDS). The new version includes features ...

Fortinet is adding intrusion prevention software to its multifunction security platform, enabling customers to block a range of threats or suspected attacks.

Secondly, honeypot software usually excels at data capture, sometimes offering intrusion detection signatures, packet capture and network protocol analysis, and easy filtering and fine-tuning.

IPFire is a Linux-based stateful firewall distro that’s built on top of Netfilter. It began as a fork of the IPCop project, ...

NFR Security Inc.'s updated NID software and Network Flight Recorder Intrusion Detection Appliance caught virtually all the attacks eWeek Labs threw at it, proving to be a great combo for IT ...

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Established vendors and startups last week announced products and services for network intrusion-detection and outsourced security management.