On other IDS topic remember that if you put it in front of your firewall it will detect attack attempts, on the inside those are intrusions (it's time to deal with it NOW).
Hmm yeah you only gave the above title 3 stars?
Jupp. This book has no real and needful information about today IDS reseach or IDS products. I'm sad about every euro I payed for that book. Maybe I'll use it for cleaning the cage of my girlfriends guinea pigs. ;-)
It covers a lot of basic theory which is good (like what IDS's can and cannot do, what they suck at, etc.). Books that cover specific technologies are almost always outdated 6 months before they even get published :P.
BTW that wasn't my orgasmatron (belonged to someone else, honest).
Oh, I always thought it was your's. ;-)
Even if it was there is no way you can prove it. Not that I'm saying it is mine. Because it isn't. nosireee, not mine.
Bye, Thomas
-Kurt