full-disclosure - Re: Why the IPS product designers concentrate on server side protection? why they are missing client protection

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Message-ID: <AANLkTinFeCKoKUNI59k2citWgTJlytqjRiZ8Ze8oM1rp@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 1 Jun 2010 18:28:03 +0530
From: rajendra prasad <rajendra.palnaty@...il.com>
To: full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk
Subject: Re: Why the IPS product designers concentrate on
	server side protection? why they are missing client protection

Hi List,

I have started this discussion with respect to Network IPS.

Thanks
Rajendra

On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 1:08 PM, rajendra prasad
<rajendra.palnaty@...il.com>wrote:

> Hi List,
>
> I am putting my thoughts on this, please share your thoughts, comments.
>
> Request length is less than the response length.So, processing small amount
> of data is better than of processing bulk data. Response may have encrypted
> data. Buffering all the client-server transactions and validating signatures
> on them is difficult. Even though buffered, client data may not be in the
> plain text. Embedding all the client encryption/decryption process on the
> fly is not possible, even though ips gathered key values of clients.Most of
> the client protection is done by anti-virus. So, concentrating client
> attacks at IPS level is not so needed.
>
>
> Thanks
> Rajendra
>
>
>

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