NST can be integrated in the Corporate Enterprise Network environment. Figure 5.5, “Network Enterprise Diagram” shows an example of setting up a federation of NST IDS probe sensors with a back-end MySQL database server, the Basic Analysis and Security Engine (BASE), and a Apache Enterprise Web Server (HTTPD).
The placement of a NST Honeypot probe within the DMZ security zone: 1 can be used as an offensive measure to protect and track the ever present hacker community.