Re: Distro of choice

[Paul Schmehl <pschmehl_lists () tx rr com>]

The best OS for Snort is the one you know the most about.  In depth knowledge 
of the OS allows you to concentrate on what matters - the snort processes - and 
ensures that you will likely secure the box sufficiently to protect it from 
attack.

--On Monday, May 03, 2010 23:27:54 -0400 BrainStomp Snort 
<snort () brainstomp net> wrote:

> So before I start - yes I know that I'll probably get 10 different answers;
> yet I have to ask just the same.
>
> What is the current distro of choice for deployment of snort?
>
> My sensors are getting long on the tooth (5 years old) running on Pentium D
> processors and 1 gig of RAM and it is time to upgrade. So I have a nice new
> set coming but I haven't settled on what distro to use for the deployment of
> the sensors.
>
> I'll need to run the basic stuff (snort, apache, php, base, mysql)
>
> right now I'm using Slackware but I'm comfortable with any linux distro. I'm
> just trying to find out what would be best for snort.
>
> Thanks



-- 
Paul Schmehl, Senior Infosec Analyst
As if it wasn't already obvious, my opinions
are my own and not those of my employer.
*******************************************
"It is as useless to argue with those who have
renounced the use of reason as to administer
medication to the dead." Thomas Jefferson


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