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Comment This is a job for IPS (Score 1) 369

Malicious packets should be blocked on a case by case basis. If my host is infected with Slammer, for instance, I should be able to talk to your MS-SQL server, but have my Slammer packets blocked.

It's called intrusion prevention (IPS). There are companies that offer this technology today, even in switches, but Cisco is not one of them.

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