The internet is a scary place, and since building my own OPNsense router where I can see all of the traffic in and out, I've never been more convinced of that. I had already set up OPNsense with the ...

Your home lab isn't just there for playing around with new operating systems, tools, and self-hosting services to reduce your ...

Like firewalls, IDS/IPS tools can generate false positives, or warning patterns that don't really show an attack. An IDS comes with a database of dangerous signatures built in.

The first, network-based intrusion detection systems (NIDS), live on the network. Specifically, ... In the best of all possible worlds, you’ll use both a well-managed IDS and IPS.

We have a SonicWall firewall and would like to add intrusion detection to the network. The principal of the company is asking about options that sit between the firewall and network. The SonicWall ...

The next issue becomes selection of the appropriate IDS technology, which basically come in two flavours: network intrusion detection (NIDS or IDS) and host intrusion detection (HIDS).

Compare that to firewalls that block out known malware and intrusion prevention system (IPS) technology, which as the name describes, also blocks malicious traffic.. Although an IDS doesn’t stop ...

At the highest level, there are two types of intrusion detection systems: network-based and host-based. “Network-based intrusion detection systems monitor activity within network traffic for one or ...

Unlike firewalls, most intrusion detection systems require considerable technical smarts to set up and configure properly. But the biggest management problem is the alarms.

Network-based intrusion-detection systems (IDS) are an integral component of a layered IT security strategy. As October is National Cyber Awareness Month, if your overall security system doesn’t ...