Within an Intrusion Detection System (IDS), sensors are responsible for the analysis of network traffic and detection of suspicious patterns that may indicate a security breach or malicious activity. They do not execute preventive measures such as blocking traffic, nor do they merely log traffic without analysis or serve to optimize traffic throughput.
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