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About Strata Guard Free

Strata Guard Free is a feature-rich intrusion detection/prevention system (IDS/IPS) based on the award-winning SNORT IDS engine. Beyond SNORT functionality, Strata Guard Free offers:

* An award-winning easy-to-use interface
* Ability to prioritize and view attacks based upon severity
* True intrusion prevention capabilities, with the ability to drop individual attack packets upon detection
* A GUI-driven installation and configuration process



Topics covered below:
What does it do?
Built on open source components
Throughput
IDS or IPS
Signature-based attack detection
Staying current with weekly rule updates
Custom attack signatures
Attack response / attack-blocking options
Tuning Strata Guard Free to eliminate false-positives
Commercial versions of Strata Guard


What does it do?



The Strata Guard Free IDS/IPS monitors network traffic for attacks. When attacks are detected, Strata Guard Free responds to block the attack and/or send alerts and notifications.

Strata Guard Free provides a range options for responding to attacks including:

* Instantaneously dropping attack packets
* Blocking the source and/or destination IP addresses
* Sending alerts and notifications
* Executing custom scripts.



You can configure attack responses to be applied as a global default to all detected attacks, and you can also create specific, tailored responses to individual attacks. Thus Strata Guard Free provides a high level of automated protection and the flexibility needed to respond to attacks in the most appropriate and protective manner."