@Sam, nice writeup. Hope it also helps @Tusker know indepth what he is facing in the fight against torrents. <div><br></div><div>Cheers. :-)<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 2:37 PM, Samuel Wachira <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:wachirasam@gmail.com">wachirasam@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Aki,<br>If i may be bold, and answer...<br><br>Most of the products put across here (CheckPoint, Sonicwall, Cyberoam, ASA) all come with a subscription service that downloads / updates rules for IDS, Packet inspection, Anti-Spam etc.<br>

<br>These updated rules, tied together with AD integration and User-based reporting, will ensure that the customer has the best protection, while getting reports and visibility into the network.<br>The customer will not need to have RHCE,LPI certification to operate/configure.<br>

<br>All these features in one product MUST surely cost money.<br><br>Most of these products actually run on Open source platforms (Cyberoam, Sonicwall run a Linux kernel)<br><br>I have not seen any free Open source product that can bundle all the features of an IDS<br>

<br>Am currently evaluating Endian firewall Community<br><a href="http://www.endian.com/us/community/download/" target="_blank">http://www.endian.com/us/community/download/</a><br><br>Download:<br><a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/efw/files/Development/EFW-2.5.1/EFW-COMMUNITY-2.5.1-201201261800.iso/download" target="_blank">http://sourceforge.net/projects/efw/files/Development/EFW-2.5.1/EFW-COMMUNITY-2.5.1-201201261800.iso/download</a><br>

<br>Regards,<br><br>./Sam<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div></div><div class="h5"><br></div></div></div></blockquote></div>
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