Originally posted here by jonathans_daddy
I use the taps from http://www.netoptics.com . They fail open which is the way it should be. Firewalls should fail closed. IDS should fail open.
Thanks for the info.
What do the taps mount to?
Is there a seperate chassis?

Yea, it's funny their fancy docs say fail closed but it does in fact fail open as the connect
stays alive sans the IDS port if power fails.