Re: Beginner w/ IDS and snort

[Mark Rowlands <mark.rowlands () minmail net>]

On Thursday 23 August 2001 8:43 pm, Wesley Eddy wrote:

> Perhaps I'm missing something or am just a cranky old fart, 

no reason for this to be a binary choice 

> but I'd really  like to know why there exists a desire to run snort on  
> Windows.  Could  someone please enlighten me?
Some of my customers (usually the military/government ones) insist on it out 
of some strange desire to standardise and possibly to have an os and 
interface that they are comfortable with and understand.  

Any o/s can have the risks minimised, we all know that, it is easier with 
some o/s, that is also undoubtedly true.  Personally I think if the man is 
most comfortable with securing Windows, he should stick with it (if the 
performance of snort on Windows is up to it)  he is way more likely to do a 
Bad Thing (tm) with an unfamiliar o/s. 

Alternatively, I would enlist the assistance of someone who does know the 
linux / bsd / whatever platform and get them to give a hand to male sure he 
avoids the above mentioned Bad Thing.

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