Checkpoint IPS

[colinj at gt86car.org.uk (Colin Johnston)]

yes, using new rules via test ips good best practice as well.


> On 6 Feb 2015, at 16:47, Darden, Patrick <Patrick.Darden at p66.com> wrote:
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> Auto-Update can cause problems.  I take the stance that updates should be verified in a CERT or ISO first, before being operationalized.
> --p
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Colin Johnston [mailto:colinj at gt86car.org.uk] 
> Sent: Friday, February 06, 2015 10:46 AM
> To: Darden, Patrick
> Cc: Colin Johnston; Roland Dobbins; nanog at nanog.org
> Subject: [EXTERNAL]Re: Checkpoint IPS
> 
> Yes, update can cause problems, same as router code updates as well.
> but update is price of progress.
> 
> Col
> 
>> On 6 Feb 2015, at 16:44, Darden, Patrick <Patrick.Darden at p66.com> wrote:
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>> Sorry, didn't mean to imply otherwise.  Had an incident back in ~2004 where an IPS signature update closed ALL network traffic.  Including fix-it updates.  Definitely a case where the IPS caused major difficulties for a network.
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>> --p
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Colin Johnston [mailto:colinj at gt86car.org.uk] 
>> Sent: Friday, February 06, 2015 10:32 AM
>> To: Darden, Patrick
>> Cc: Colin Johnston; Roland Dobbins; nanog at nanog.org
>> Subject: [EXTERNAL]Re: Checkpoint IPS
>> 
>> Thought I would add
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>> Astaro IPS works great, great functionality and does prevent ddos and exploits.
>> 
>> Colin
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