IDS-IPS Configuration Strategies. IDS Load Balancers. Forensic Analysis. Sguil - Open Source Network Security Monitoring. IDS Logging. Oinkmaster. IDS Policy Manager. SecurityHelpDesk. Incident Reporting. Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) AirCERT. Analysis Console for Intrusion Databases (ACID) ID Serve - Internet Server Identification Utility. Ultimately, the security of your personalinformation is YOUR responsibility. The Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS) Worm Wars of 2001 demonstrated that not all web servers are equally secure. The multiple rounds of rapidly spreading IIS worms dramatized a fact that had been troubling security professionals for quite some time: Compared to the other popular web server solutions, Microsoft's offerings generate a continuous stream of serious security problems.
Moreover, unlike embarrassing but comparatively benign problems such as web site defacement, Microsoft's security vulnerabilities usually place the web site's visitor data at risk of theft and malicious exploitation. During the last quarter of 2001 we saw an increase in eMail asking if there was any way to tell what server software any given web site was using. Introducing ID Serve: