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Hybrid software deflects attackers

Dec 15, 2003 7:04PM PST

Fremont, California is being attacked by hackers from the Middle East. Using a new hybrid intrusion detection system, Fremont's network Administrator is able to see where attempted attacks originate from. "It really opened our eyes," said Mike Towan, the city?s network administrator. "We were surprised at the kind and amount of traffic at our gateway that we weren't aware of before." Fremont recently installed ActiveScout intrusion prevention software. Towan described ActiveScout as a hybrid of honey pot - a system that lures hackers, then blocks their IP addresses - with intrusion detection. ActiveScout learned the network rapidly and began to offer up services to suspected hackers "to tell them the site is wide open," he said. "When they come back to exploit what they think are vulnerabilities, ActiveScout blocks them."

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