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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: White House to Propose System for Wide Monitoring of Internet(fwd)
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?
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