In a column about syslog [see “syslog Configuration” in the December 2001 issue of LJ] I mentioned “stealth logging”--by running your central log server without an IP address, you can hide your ...

Designed to fill the gap left by expensive, heavy-duty network intrusion detection systems, Snort is a free, cross-platform packet sniffer, logger, and intrusion detector for monitoring smaller TCP/IP ...

i'm setting up a dedicated snort box. i followed Patrick Harper's excellent documentation.<BR><BR>however, he doesn't go into how to set a dedicated IDS, with multiple interfaces.<BR><BR>while i haven ...

You probably have an antivirus, and maybe a firewall to stop attacks to your box. However, have you ever considered using an Intrusion Detection System (IDS), especially if your box is part of a ...

Having trouble finding malicious activity during Snort scans? Your Snort implementation may need a tune up. Joel Esler tells you how to do it using host attribute tables. The question I receive most ...

I let my intern upgrade the rules to the snort box and now it's hosed when I start it I get this<BR><BR><pre class="ip-ubbcode-code-pre"> ERROR: /etc/snort/snort.conf ...