Soft IPS

Soft Intrusion Prevention

Soft IPS is a new concept developed by MetaFlows that breaks from the traditional IPS practices and gives companies of all sizes access to a much more flexible and affordable intrusion prevention functionality.

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Soft IPS includes the following elements:

-Soft IPS is implemented entirely in software and can scale to 5 Gbps of network traffic on standard, inexpensive, off-the-shelf hardware.

-Can run in passive or inline mode.

-In passive mode, uses proprietary active response technology to block unwanted traffic (Bots, spyware, P2P, etc..).

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Configuration Options

	A modern single-processor server can sustain up to 800 Mbps of bridged Ethernet traffic while matching thousands of IPS rules. There is no need for specialized hardware. See how the MSS performs on a Intel I7 950 machine.
	Placing a computer inline is not always desirable because of reliability concerns. MetaFlows’ Soft IPS technology blocks unwanted traffic in passive mode as well. MetaFlows’ Soft IPS does this by injecting spoofed TCP packets into the network to disrupt unwanted communications. This idea (also employed by the Great Firewall of China) has been coupled with a sophisticated algorithm that will safely predict what traffic to block based on observed communication patterns.

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