Features
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License:
Free to try; Includes 1 year of support and upgrades; $399.00 to buy
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Editor's Rating:
Not rated
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Downloads:
259
- Operating Systems:
Windows XP, Windows 2000
- Additional Requirements:
Windows 2000/XP/2003 Server, IIS 5.0
- Limitations:
No limitations
- Date Added:
December 28, 2005
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Previous Versions:
Publisher's description of ThreatSentry
ThreatSentry is a Host Intrusion Prevention software application (HIPS), designed to protect Windows Web servers running Microsoft IIS. Comprised of two powerful components: An Application Firewall, pre-configured with a knowledgebase of known exploitive techniques and attack characteristics. Administrator can establish explicit guidelines for permissible and/or denied activity. The application firewall is coupled with an advanced neural-based Behavioral Engine that organizes server requests into a multi-dimensional baseline of typical system activity. Each server connection is scrutinized by the rule-set configured in the application firewall and the behavioral baseline to identify and take action against any activity falling outside trusted parameters. ThreatSentry s intrusion prevention capabilities progressively improve as the baseline evolves automatically or based on input from the system administrator. Version 3 may include unspecified updates, enhancements, or bug fixes.
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Version: ThreatSentry 3
"My favorite "fire and forget" product that provides a superb IIS protection"
Pros: - VERY good price
- Protects from crosssite scripting and SQL injection
- Extremely easy to use the product that has a very sophisticated behavior engine technology.
- Works right out of box for majority of users.
- There is nothing to configure unless there is a specific need to cover special cases.
- For power users and depending on the web site technology being used there are numerous configuration options that cover a great number of different scenarios. I run this product on training and now mostly relay on behavior engine - it works great.
- There is an adequate notification layer which might be beneficial for "busy-no-private-life" administrators
- Has capability to block events based on time pattern which can be very effective against denial of service (DOS) attacks.
- Demands surprisingly less feedback from administrator. This is when there is a need to re-classify event
- My favorite feature- support for MS exchange server on the web. As a result almost no false positives when protecting MS exchange on the web.
Cons: none
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Version: ThreatSentry 3
"great protection for IIS and one-on-one support"
Pros: Excellent protection for my web servers. Privacyware technical support walked me through the entire app on webinar during 30-day trial. Here are the features that I like the best, but if you have IIS servers, ThreatSentry should be evaluated. I've been running since January. Previous reviewer hit the nail on the head.
- two layers of protection in one application (IIS application firewall and IIS-specific behavior-based IPS)
- very granular control over blocked IPs, alert management, IIS attack signatures, and page request strings, etc.
- complete notification layer
- no visible performance hit
- provides exceptional visibility to unwanted/malicious traffic
- comparatively low price
Cons: ThreatSentry performs beyond expectation and is well worth the price - no cons.
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