However, there's no decent top-level summary of all the attacks that were seen. The reports weren't interactive, for example, to let us drill down deeper; and there's neither a report scheduler nor a way to customize reports. These are significant weaknesses, given the large amount of data generated by IDP.
The IDP 500 also is limited to 500 Mbps; during testing, we hit 461 Mbps with latency reaching 1.7 seconds, which hurts performance.
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Mike Fratto is a senior technology editor based in Network Computing's Syracuse University Real-World Labs®; he covers all security-related topics. Prior to joining Network Computing, Mike worked as an independent consultant in central New York. Write to him at mfratto@ nwc.com.
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