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Focus-IDS Readers,

We've had some exceptional discussion on this list in the past couple of days, with the recent Gartner report giving those in the IDS community a lot to talk about. I've been pretty loose with regards to letting posts in this thread onto the list, and as long as the posts stay on topic, and continue to be well received by the list (I haven't heard any complaints yet), I'm going to leave the thread open for continued discussion. Feel free to send me your comments.

On to business.

I have a couple more Focus-IDS related articles to mention that might be of interest to people on this list. I'm a little behind with the announcement of the Honeypots article, which was released about a week ago, however, it's a good read and I'm of the belief that Honeypots will continue to play a role in the IDS community as both technologies continue to evolve.

Here are the two articles:

Tracking Down the Phantom Host
By John Payton
http://www.securityfocus.com/infocus/1703 This article explains techniques on how to locate a problem host when you are not sure where it is physically located. http://www.securityfocus.com/infocus/1705

and

Honeypots: Are They Illegal?
By Lance Spitzner
http://www.securityfocus.com/infocus/1703 Paper discussing the legal issues of honeypots. This was written with the help of several legal authorities, including Jennifer Grannick and Richard Salgado.

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Regards,

J.

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Jason V. Miller, Threat Analyst
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