pfsense is the freebsd, so one way or another you can install the snort. there is a pfsense package for it though for easy installation and maintenance. you may want to google IDS and how to tune it before deploying it. IDS isn't something you want to walk into blind.
On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 11:04 AM, suresh suresh <suresh.notion...@gmail.com>wrote: > we can install the snort in pfsense 1.2.3? > > > On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 8:13 PM, Ian Bowers <iggd...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> You won't find much success in trying to block bittorrent with a firewall. >> Your best bet is to use IDS (eg: snort) or another sort of categorization >> software or appliance to identify who is using bittorrent and deal with them >> at layer 8 via company security policy. Torrenting is one place where you >> simply cannot deploy a fire-and-forget solution and hope for it to actually >> work. >> >> Regards, >> -Ian >> >> >> On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 9:38 AM, suresh suresh <suresh.notion...@gmail.com >> > wrote: >> >>> Hi All, >>> >>> how to block the bit torrent in my nlan network.. and how to block the >>> websites,and how to block the websites except some lan connection. please >>> help me. >>> >>> Thank you, >>> >>> Regards, >>> suresh >>> >> >> >
