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All About Intrusion Detection

Most networks have a firewall designed to keep out hackers, viruses, worms, or other other malware. But once the malware gets through, another set of protocols needs to be in place to actually detect what the software is, or who is the intruder, and how to stop it dead in its tracks before it gets out of control. Intrusion detection systems have a variety of controls, offer a different set of schemes, and pursue the attack in different ways. Some are disabled, some are identified in a log file, some try to trace back the origin of the attack. The Brighthub guide to Intrusion detection explains these concepts and more.

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