A deviation from the standard protocol. An intrusion detection system (IDS) may look for protocol anomalies in order to identify attacks without a signature. Protocol anomalies reduce false positives with well-understood protocols, but may cause false positives with poorly understood or complex protocols. See IDS.
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- Software downloads 2008-11-07
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