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Re: Snort


From: Erek Adams <erek () snort org>
Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2003 09:22:28 -0500 (EST)

On Mon, 24 Mar 2003, ryan stangl wrote:

I have a quick question for anyone who can help me.  I have snort 1.7
installed and running.  I can run the command snort -dvae and get
results.  I also have a folder named "rules" that has many prewritten
rules.  How do I, on a windows2000 Server machine,  get those rules to
run via the command line.

Any help will be much appreciated, thanks ryan

First off:  UPGRADE!

1.7 is _dead_.  There aren't any patches or updates to that code branch.
You'll be a _LOT_ better off to move to 1.9.1.

You can get the binary for Win32 from here [0].

Once you do that, you'll need to install it.  After the install, you'll
need to edit the snort.conf file and setup a few things.  At the most
basic level, you'll need to change your HOME_NET to the network you want
to monitor, change your EXTERNAL_NET to what you want to consider the
'outside world'--I suggest you set it as !$HOME_NET.  That translates to
'not the IP range that is considered HOME_NET'.  You'll also need to
change RULES_PATH to the full path of where your 1.9.1 rules are
installed.  Other than that, there's not much more you should have to
change.  Granted, you can make other changes, but that's for once you get
it running.

Cheers!

-----
Erek Adams

   "When things get weird, the weird turn pro."   H.S. Thompson


[0]     http://www.snort.org/dl/binaries/win32/snort-1_9_1.exe


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