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Tate Hansen
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How do Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS) work?

How do Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS) work? As I understand it, they monitor network traffic but what exactly do they look for? How can they tell apart regular activity from intrusions?

Olivier Lalonde
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