Re: snort opens ports?

[Martin Roesch <roesch () sourcefire com>]

Snort doesn't open any ports, period.

      -Marty

fuc952d () tninet se wrote:
> I read on  another mailing list,  that "according to the faq"  snort attaches
> dummy services to the ports it monitors so they may appear to be open.
>
> this sounds distinctly incorrect to me.... is there any mode in which this
> could be true?
>
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