Bah! That's just stupid. They really ought to include snort. How can you call yourself a network equipment vendor, if you sell a border product without an IDS?
Linux is really quite great for these applications. IPTABLES, decent routing protocol implementations and an awesome IDS. I'm appalled it doesn't include snort. :( jree...@18-30chat.net wrote: > As much as I love Mikrotik they do not have Snort. It is a very valuable tool. > That said, you can do like i do and run Snort on a dedicated ethernet port on > one of your existing servers and mirror everything to it. That combined with > MT's firewall abilities is great. I have been working on dynamic firewall > rules > in MT from snort and some log monitors but have not done much. The MT API is > wonderful, if I can just wrap my brain around it. > > Jeromie > > > Patrick D.. Nix, Jr wrote: >> Basically just wanting to protect our servers 8 servers total (3 email 2 >> DNS 1 Web 2 offsite backup) >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On >> Behalf Of Alan Long >> Sent: Thursday, June 18, 2009 10:34 AM >> To: 'WISPA General List' >> Subject: Re: [WISPA] Suggestions on Firewall >> >> How may users behind it? How much throughput? >> >> ------------------------------------ >> Aerowire >> Alan Long >> Director of Network Operations >> alan.l...@aerowire.net >> 687 North Dean Road >> Auburn, AL 36830 >> tel: 3342759998 >> mobile: 3344446092 >> ------------------------------------ >> -----Original Message----- >> From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On >> Behalf Of Patrick D.. Nix, Jr >> Sent: Thursday, June 18, 2009 10:30 AM >> To: wireless@wispa.org >> Subject: [WISPA] Suggestions on Firewall >> >> Any suggestions on a good linux firewall distro. I'm looking at either >> implementing this or going with an older Cisco PIX 525. Which would be >> the best way to go? Something with a nice GUI would be good >> >> >> >> Thanks >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> ---- >> ---- >> WISPA Wants You! Join today! >> http://signup.wispa.org/ >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> ---- >> ---- >> >> WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org >> >> Subscribe/Unsubscribe: >> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless >> >> Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ >> >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >> Version: 8.5.339 / Virus Database: 270.12.76/2183 - Release Date: >> 06/18/09 >> 05:53:00 >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> -------- >> WISPA Wants You! Join today! >> http://signup.wispa.org/ >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> -------- >> >> WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org >> >> Subscribe/Unsubscribe: >> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless >> >> Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ >> >> >> >> >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> WISPA Wants You! Join today! >> http://signup.wispa.org/ >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org >> >> Subscribe/Unsubscribe: >> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless >> >> Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
