You can run snort with following options:

#/usr/local/bin/snort -b -D -A fast

 -b     - compressed logs
 -D     - daemon
 -A fast - one line per alert in file "alert"


On Tuesday 27 November 2001 10:00, you wrote:
> Hi guys,
>
> I'm a pretty new user to Linux, and I want to set up some sort of
> protection for my box. I have snort installed and I'm looking for rulesets
> - the problem I have is this:
>
> When I run snort, it runs in a terminal. How exactly do I set snort to just
> run in the background, collecting unusual packets? I'm sure there must be a
> way.
>
> Also, is Hogwash a suitable tool to use instead of/as well as snort? I need
> something that is relatively simple but also effective.
>
> Regards,
>
> Thomas Madhavan

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Cosmin Vranceanu        
System Administrator    
Internet&Data           
Astral Telecom, Romania 

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