Snort acting as a firewall??

["M. Felipe" <mfelipe () bigpond net au>]

hi guys,

Im a newbie trying to make the best use of Snort. At the moment i have set
up snort which only logs alerts and nothing more. i'd like to implement a
way which snort acts like a firewall blocking hackers breaking into the box.

I've read information on Snort & Guardian, looks like a great deal, thought
i've noticed also on the downside of blocking on the fly.

Is it possible to use snort as a firewall? basically blocking anything that
it can see as a potential security breach??

As i said, i'm a newbie, so if this method is common, or even discussed over
and over again, please excuse my ignorance. Any suggestion, readings,
tutorials will be a great help.

Thanks Again
M. Felipe

PS. im using RH7.2 if its any help. THANKS!!




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