[c-nsp] Anomaly Detection Module/Anomaly Guard Module

[Jared Mauch]

On Oct 8, 2009, at 4:50 PM, Justin Shore wrote:

> Drew Weaver wrote:
>> I was wondering if anyone has any experience working with the Cisco  
>> ADM AGM modules for the 6500s and how they compare with external  
>> appliance based solutions for DDoS mitigation.
>> Anyone have any opinions on these?
>> It seems like it would be nice to just drop these into a few  
>> systems but I'm just trying to avoid caveats that mitigate (pun  
>> intended) the usefulness of these products.
>
> If you try to buy the LCs your account team should try to convince  
> you to go with the appliances instead.  My account team told me that  
> they LCs are being terminated at some point in the future and  
> replaced with the appliances so if you buy the LCs today you will  
> most likely run into software limitations down the road as  
> appliances get all the good stuff and the LCs get bug fixes only (at  
> some point in their life at least). I'd go with the appliances.

There have been a number of different rumors floating around related  
to this that I've heard.  I certainly would avoid investing in  
something that does not have a clear roadmap.  If they can't present  
you roadmap slides, panic?

Either way, there are other solutions in this space as well.

	- Jared