I have been a great fan of Nokia based appliances for a long time now. I myself have had great luck with these systems. Only once in the last five years have I had an issue and that was when a hard drive failed. Today Nokia has announced the release of a security appliance based on Sourcefire’s SNORT software.
The product uses three methods for blocking threats. Sourcefire Intrusion Sensor for Nokia uses the Snort detection engine to inspect incoming traffic for problems, generate alerts and block traffic. The software examines packets using signature, protocol and anomaly-based inspection methods.The appliance also uses Sourcefire Real-Time Network Awareness for Nokia to do intelligent network monitoring. Information gathered by the monitoring software can be used to remediate an attack.
The price tag on the new appliance is a little painful at $14,995 US.
Tags: Nokia, Sourcefire, SNORT, Intrusion Detection
