What is the fundamental difference in the response mechanism between an Intrusion Detection System and an Intrusion Prevention System?

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. IDS monitors host devices, while IPS only monitors network traffic.

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IDS is positioned inline, while IPS is positioned out-of-band.

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IDS Uses anomaly-based detection, while IPS only uses signature-based detection

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IDS is passive and alerts administrators, while IPS is active and blocks threats in real-time

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