Re: Need recommendations about IDS Systems

["theog" <theog () theog org>]

http://www.datanerds.net/~mike/snort.html


Enjoy

TheOg


----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Heitz" <mikeheitz () upshotmail com>
To: "Chris Berry" <compjma () hotmail com>; <security-basics () securityfocus com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2003 4:18 PM
Subject: RE: Need recommendations about IDS Systems


> Chris,
>
> Just out of curiosity.... I've never found Snort for the Windows
> platform. Do you have a link for this?
>
> mike heitz ** sr it manager ** UPSHOT
> 312-943-0900 x5190
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris Berry [mailto:compjma () hotmail com]
> Sent: Monday, January 27, 2003 3:01 PM
> To: security-basics () securityfocus com
> Subject: Re: Need recommendations about IDS Systems
>
> > From: "Jennifer Fountain" <JFountain () rbinc com>
> > I have been looking at a couple IDS systems and reading reviews. My
> > head
> > hurts :)  Any recommendations ?  I want something to sit inside my
> > network, in the DMZ and outside.  I want it to also email me and send
> > information to my syslog server.  OS doesn't matter. I can do nt or
> > linux.
>
> I've heard very good things about SNORT, and it's hard to beat free, but
> I
> haven't used it yet myself.  It runs on both win and lin systems so
> compatibility shouldn't be the deciding factor.
>
> Chris Berry
> compjma () hotmail com
> Systems Administrator
> JM Associates
>
> "Cutting the space budget really restores my faith in humanity.  It
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>
> business of hate, debauchery, and self-annihilation."  --Johnny Hart
>
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