Re: Gig TAPs

Peter

> Netoptics is actually the manufacturer of Intrusion's taps. I think I
heard that Netoptics makes > taps for Finisar (formerly Shomiti) as well. If all taps are made by one company, then it's all about price and support.

After seeing your post I got straight on the phone to beat up on Intrusion for misleading me. It transpires that the TAPs are made by Intrusions sister company. NOT Netoptics. I should have realised the manufacturing process was very close after a visit there late last year. I arrived at Intrusion in Dallas on a Tuesday, suggested an alteration in the design and the altered TAP was handed to me on the Thursday. I was a student on a course and made a comment during a visit to the labs, by far the most impressive service that I have seen in years.

I have TAPs from at least three companies, Shomiti included. The Intrusion ones are different. Though I have to admit 2 of the others are extremely similar except for the packaging.

take care
-andy

Taliskers Network Security Tools
http://www.networkintrusion.co.uk
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From: "Peter Schawacker" <pschawacker@nfr.com> To: "'Garritano,Robert'" <Robert.Garritano@cna.com> Cc: "'Talisker'" <talisker@networkintrusion.co.uk>; <focus-ids@securityfocus.com>
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Subject: RE: Gig TAPs

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Netoptics is actually the manufacturer of Intrusion's taps. I think I heard that Netoptics makes taps for Finisar (formerly Shomiti) as well. If all taps are made by one company, then it's all about price and support.

http://www.netoptics.com/http://www.finisar.com/product/product.start.phphttp://www.intrusion.com/products/product.asp?lngProdNmId=39&lngCatId=4

I've seen taps used in dozens of deployments. Never have I had problems with them.

Peter Schawacker, CISSP
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NFR Security
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• -----Original Message----- From: Talisker [mailto:talisker@networkintrusion.co.uk] Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2003 12:28 PM To: Garritano,Robert; focus-ids@securityfocus.com Subject: Re: Gig TAPs

Robert
> Has anyone used gigabit TAPs in their network? I currently use

I recently saw Intrusion Inc's Gigabit TAP demonstrated and it did the business pretty well

• -andy

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From: "Garritano,Robert" <Robert.Garritano@cna.com> To: <focus-ids@securityfocus.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 5:38 PM Subject: Gig TAPs

> Has anyone used gigabit TAPs in their network? I currently use

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