How can NIDS proposals be stopped?
Because NIDS proposals are based on unfounded premises, they are very vulnerable to public scrutiny. David Parnas and others in CPSR were effective in blunting the SDI proposal by concentrating public attention on the unsupportable claims about the effectiveness of the system. A similar approach could be taken with NIDS. It is quite likely the widespread suspicion of these schemes will return when the dubious advantages and numerous pitfalls are more widely known.
