[ale] RE: Snort
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bob at verysecurelinux.com
Tue Aug 19 13:50:39 EDT 2003
On Tue, Aug 19, 2003 at 01:20:30PM -0400, Christopher Fowler wrote:
> This snort program is really cool. I've got it logging to a
> directory called /tmp/sno. It seems that you can have it go
> into a database. Will it dump the package data into th database or
> just the header info. I want to make sure the database does not
> grwo uncontrollably. My database is behind the firewall so I can just
> dump there. It may be feasible to create a wiretap.
> -- Rx [ ] --- [ ] Rx --
> -- Tx [ ] --- [ ] Tx --
> |
> | Rx
> [ ]
> [ ] Snort.
> Would this be correct cable configuration. I assume that I'll
> need to send Rx+ and Rx- to the IDS but do not need to worry
> about Tx+ and Tx-
Correct.
> Chris
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