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REVIEW: "Snort Cookbook", Angela Orebaugh/Simon Biles/Jacob Babbin
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Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2006 02:03:24 -0500 (CDT)
Forwarded from: "Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah" <rMslade () shaw ca> BKSNRTCB.RVW 20051208 "Snort Cookbook", Angela Orebaugh/Simon Biles/Jacob Babbin, 2005, 0-596-00791-4, U$39.95/C$55.95 A% Angela Orebaugh A% Simon Biles A% Jacob Babbin %C 103 Morris Street, Suite A, Sebastopol, CA 95472 %D 2005 %G 0-596-00791-4 %I O'Reilly & Associates, Inc. %O U$39.95/C$55.95 800-998-9938 fax: 707-829-0104 nuts () ora com %O http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0596007914/robsladesinterne http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0596007914/robsladesinte-21 %O http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/ASIN/0596007914/robsladesin03-20 %O Audience i+ Tech 2 Writing 2 (see revfaq.htm for explanation) %P 270 p. %T "Snort Cookbook: Solutions and Examples for Snort Administrators" Chapter one covers the installation of Snort on various systems, and even includes a wiring diagram for a passive tap, if you need that sort of application. (The "cookbook" format, with its "Problem/Solution" structure, seems a bit odd, in this case.) An assortment of issues in logging are dealt with in chapter two. The creation and maintenance of rules, in chapter three, is discussed in a very useful fashion. Chapter four is about preprocessing, and is somewhat more demanding of the reader. Administrative tools, for managing Snort sensors, rulesets, and data, are described in chapter five, while utilities for analysis and display of collected information are presented in six. A variety of additional uses for Snort are mentioned in chapter seven. This book outlines the basic use and operation of Snort in a convenient and easy-to-use manner. Aside from the first chapter, the cookbook format is used effectively, and thus the work becomes a handy, quick reference for those interested in using and exploring Snort. copyright Robert M. Slade, 2005 BKSNRTCB.RVW 20051208 ====================== (quote inserted randomly by Pegasus Mailer) rslade () vcn bc ca slade () victoria tc ca rslade () sun soci niu edu What you see and hear depends a good deal on where you are standing; it also depends on what sort of person you are. - Clive Staples Lewis http://victoria.tc.ca/techrev/rms.htm _________________________________ Donate online for the Ron Santo Walk to Cure Diabetes http://www.c4i.org/ethan.html
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