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Re: snort and network tap
From: Michael Boman <michael.boman () securecirt com>
Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2002 01:29:18 +0800
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Thursday 17 October 2002 01:06, Peter Erickson wrote:
I am in the process of attaching snort to a network and am not too sure on how to attach it with the network tap that I have. I have the Finisar UTP IL/1. I have been told to connect the 2 tap ports on the Network Tap to a hub and then connect the snort machine to the hub, but after reading some articles on the Snort-Users archive, I heard that I wil lose too many packets due to collisions and that this would not be a good choice. I also read on the snort FAQ that I can not run 1 instance of snort to monitor 2 interfaces, so I guess that is not too good of an options either. I am just wondering what the best way to connect my snort machine to the network using the network tap that I have. Thanks in advance.
If you are running Linux I recommend you to investigate the 'channel bonding' features in the kernel. I don't know how other OS do the same thing. One alternative is to use '-i any' or run two instances of snort. Best way is to combine them with channel bonding thought. Best regards Michael Boman - -- Michael Boman Security Architect, SecureCiRT (A SBU of Z-Vance Pte Ltd) http://www.securecirt.com -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE9raH0ds5fQJiraJwRAqm6AJ4tWNanVu9zKZynJfXVR5pKYojdAgCgnOLf w3bWsXgclu8dhKKr9VnVLDQ= =t+kI -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by: viaVerio will pay you up to $1,000 for every account that you consolidate with us. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;4749864;7604308;v? http://www.viaverio.com/consolidator/osdn.cfm _______________________________________________ Snort-users mailing list Snort-users () lists sourceforge net Go to this URL to change user options or unsubscribe: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/snort-users Snort-users list archive: http://www.geocrawler.com/redir-sf.php3?list=snort-users
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- snort and network tap Peter Erickson (Oct 16)
- Re: snort and network tap Michael Boman (Oct 16)
- Re: snort and network tap Bennett Todd (Oct 16)
- Re: snort and network tap Peter Erickson (Oct 16)
- Re: snort and network tap Scot Scot (Oct 16)
- Re: snort and network tap Jeff Nathan (Oct 17)
- Re: snort and network tap Michael Boman (Oct 16)