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Optimizing Pattern Matching for Intrusion Detection
White Paper This paper presents an optimized version of the Aho-Corasick algorithm. This design represents a significant enhancement to the author's original implementation released in 2002 as part of an update to the Snort Intrusion Detection System. [10 Jul 2008]
Enabling the High-Performance Next Generation Firewall
White Paper Crossbeam Systems, working closely with Check Point and Sourcefire, has developed a tightly coupled, high-performance, scalable, and reliable Next Generation Firewall solution that has been designed from the ground up to offer the best protection... [09 Jul 2008]
Target-Based TCP Timestamp Stream Reassembly
White Paper This paper explores the use of the TCP timestamp option and associated timestamp values to comprehend how different operating systems react to manipulated timestamp values. This is valuable knowledge for an Intrusion Detection System (IDS) or... [26 Dec 2007]
Target-Based TCP Stream Reassembly
White Paper In their landmark 1998 paper, "Insertion, Evasion, and Denial of Service: Eluding Network Intrusion Detection," Thomas Ptacek and Timothy Newsham exposed some weaknesses in Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS). [26 Dec 2007]
Check Point snorts up Sourcefire for $225m
News Check Point is to spend $225m buying Sourcefire, the company behind the open source intrusion prevention tool Snort. Sourcefire offers a free, basic version of Snort but also sells more advanced versions with extra tools. [07 Oct 2005]
Fortune 100 Pharmaceutical Company Enhances Worldwide Network Security With IBM and Linux Solution
White Paper For these reasons, the company selected the Sourcefire Intrusion Sensors (IS) Intrusion Detection System (IDS) to secure its network. The Sourcefire IS appliances are servers preloaded with Sourcefire's proprietary software and ready to install. [24 Sep 2004]
Defending Networks With Intrusion Detection Systems
White Paper This paper explores how administrators can thwart break-in attempts using an IDS, such as the Sourcefire Snort product, and Dell PowerConnect Ethernet switches with port mirroring enabled. An early-warning system that alerts IT organizations to the... [06 Aug 2004]
Real-Time Network Awareness: Redefining the Intrusion Detection Industry
White Paper The Sourcefire RNA appliance is designed to generate the underlying information infrastructure required to perform effective intrusion detection, as well as serving other critical security needs such as asset identification and vulnerability... [24 Feb 2004]
