Aren’t the packet inspecting features of IPS same as IDS ?
No, IPS are not only utilising the best of technologies used by IDS such as signature matching but also higher level technologies like protocol analysis and RATE based inspection- all coupled with an automatic response to mitigate the attack in progress. This way you are provided with robust defense against both known and unknown attacks.
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