As I mentioned in a previous column, there’s a new set of draft documents from the Computer Security Resource ... SP 800-94, “Guide to Intrusion Detection and Prevention (IDP) Systems ...

the IDP-100 sits between the firewall and the internal network, permitting or blocking packets passed through the device based on known signatures. This is the clear difference between IDS and IDP.

Network Security Beyond the Firewall_. John Wiley & Sons (New York). ISBN 0-471-29000-9. xx + 348. Index. Northcutt, S., J. Novak & D. McLachlan (2000). _Network Intrusion Detection: An Analyst ...