Re: What am I Protecting Against?

["james" <hackerwacker () cybermesa com>]

: And, more generally, is there a way to find out, essentially, what the
: rule writer was thinking when they came up with the rule?
: 
: -roy


The rule writer understands that snort is not about protection, 
but providing info so a clueful user can then take action to protect.
Clueful users know you cannot run all the rules & that it is expected
and required that one tune the rule set to their networks. 

I do not see how Snort, run by itself, provides "protection".
It alerts & logs. 

j



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