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From: Dorin H <bj93542@yahoo.com>
To: Darren Reed <avalon@caligula.anu.edu.au>
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Subject: Re: traffic normalizer for ipfw?
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--- Darren Reed <avalon@caligula.anu.edu.au> wrote:
> In some mail from Bruce M Simpson, sie said:
> > 
> > On Thu, Feb 19, 2004 at 01:02:16PM -0800, Dorin H
> wrote:
> > >   Is there some way to configure ipfw to do
> traffic normalizing ("scrubbing", as in ipf for
<snip>
> You mean pf, not ipf..

Right.

> 
> normalizing is over rated as a firewall feature -
> it's really
> something that belongs in IDS software.
> 
<snip>
> Darren

True, it's part of IDS. Nevertheless, do you think
that traffic normalizing is useful?
If yes, where would you have it (you need an inline
device for it; move the IDS inline and becomes IPS,
which, IMHO, is indeed something over rated:)? 
If not, do you know better ways to handle IDS evasions
(other than network active mapping, which takes both
time & resources and could be useful for small
networks only probably)? 
TIA,
/Dorin.


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