SPECTER Research is a new, cost-effective variant of SPECTER ideally suited for security experts, researchers and instructors. It is perfect for demonstrating hacking techniques and how modern intrusion detection systems handle the various kinds of attacks. However, it can also be used for low attack frequency production environments where the main purpose is intrusion detection. Differences between SPECTER Research and SPECTER:

• Number of concurrent connections limited to 5 per service/trap
   
• No remote management
   
• Only 3 months of support and 1 major upgrade included

Detailed Comparison of the SPECTER versions