You would have to configure your cable/dsl router so the machine running
snort can see anything useful, but yeah, you could get some useful
information, like if anyone is scanning you, or has broken in, etc.
On Tuesday 12 March 2002 12:11 pm, [C] Teodorski, Chris wrote:
> I have a Linksys DSL/Cable 4 port router.......can I setup snort....and
> will it provide any useful info?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dewt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, March 11, 2002 8:24 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Any comments on using SNORT
>
>
> snort is awesome, i've only tried it on linux systems, so i cant comment on
> that part of your question. for better log parsing, i reccommend using
> snortsnarf from http://www.silicondefense.com/software/snortsnarf/ and the
> snort_stat script sometimes available from
> http://xanadu.incident.org/snort/ but it's down a lot and may have moved
>
> On Saturday 09 March 2002 06:25 pm, Gregory Pipkins wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I am looking a broading my knowledge of using different types of IDS
> > programs. Snort seems like a good open source program.
> >
> > http://www.snort.org
> >
> > Does anyone have any comments about using Snort on their systems?
> >
> > Looking for comments also toward running SNORT on a Windows based
> > system vs Unix/Linux systems.
> >
> > Thanks for your time.
> >
> > Gregory Pipkins
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