IDS

Intrusion Detection and Prevention Systems

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27 Nov 2025 — 1 min read

IDS and IPS are essential tools for identifying and responding to malicious network activity.

IDS vs IPS

IDS: Passively monitors and alerts on suspicious activity. Does not block traffic.

IPS: Actively monitors and can automatically block malicious traffic.

Detection Methods

Signature-Based: Matches against known attack patterns. Fast but cannot detect zero-days.

Anomaly-Based: Alerts on deviations from baseline. Can detect unknown threats.

Behavioral: Uses machine learning to identify suspicious patterns.

Deployment Options

Network-Based (NIDS): Monitors network traffic
Host-Based (HIDS): Monitors individual systems
Wireless (WIDS): Monitors wireless traffic

Popular Solutions

Snort: Open-source signature-based NIDS
Suricata: Multi-threaded IDS/IPS
Zeek: Network analysis framework
OSSEC: Open-source HIDS

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