On Fri, Jul 02, 2004 at 08:23:57AM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I am looking for the pros and cons of running Snort on the same box as
> Nessus. Using a workstation class PC with a 3.4ghz CPU and 1gb of RAM
> running Linux Redhat 9.0. Second interface for Snort would be on a
> different segment (backbone) in stealth mode. Is this a bad idea, or will
> I be okay.
It's okay. You probably want to set "be_nice" to "yes" in nessusd.conf
and set a negative niceness to the snort process to make sure you don't
miss intrusion attempts while you're doing your scan.
-- Renaud
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