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nvh_ids_5 October 2, 1998 Page 5 inside the firewall. This lost information can be critical in evaluating and refining security policies. 6.   Operating system independence – network-based IDS are not dependent on host operating systems as detection sources. By way of comparison, host-based systems require specific operating systems to function properly without having been compromised to generate meaningful results.