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From: Darren Reed <avalon@caligula.anu.edu.au>
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In some mail from Dorin H, sie said:
> 
> True, it's part of IDS. Nevertheless, do you think
> that traffic normalizing is useful?

No.

The worst part of normalizing traffic is that it "tampers"
with your evidence that comes in from the network.

Darren