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Maximum Hardware Capacity for sensor
From: "Brian Webster" <bwebster () ACDSystems com>
Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2004 15:16:00 -0700
I was wondering if someone had some basic component specs or rule of thumb requirements for a Linux based IDS (running Snort/MySQL/apache/ACID) based on network size or activity. The plan is to run this IDS in the internal net. I am hoping to drop this in off one of the routers and direct all traffic for all subnets by it. This will generate a significant amount of traffic. In the current test environment, behind several switches, I am seeing about 10 percent of the network traffic. This logs about 3000-6000 alerts per day. By my estimations this may jump to 50,000+ once I employ it behind the main router. I fear I will fill my database logs quite quickly. The other concern is if the machine will keep up with the volume? If someone out there (with a whole lot more experience than me) cares to to share their wisdom of what I can expect, I would appriciate the input. ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials Free Linux tutorial presented by Daniel Robbins, President and CEO of GenToo technologies. Learn everything from fundamentals to system administration.http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id70&alloc_id638&op=click _______________________________________________ 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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