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Re: snortsam and debian
From: Erek Adams <erek () snort org>
Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2003 09:35:49 -0400 (EDT)
On Thu, 19 Jun 2003, Hans Steinraht wrote:
hi, I have succesfully installed snort on a linux debian box and all is running well Next I like to install SnortSam to have the possibility to block ip's. My problem is: there is no deb-package for it. I could download the Snort sources and complile them by myself but then I miss the automatic updates for my rulesets from debian (apt) Does anyone has some ideas how to get SnortSam installed on a Debian machine, or are there maybe alternatives that can block ip addresses after Snort has detect something.
To be honest, roll you own. Don't worry about a premade binary, as they tend to give you more problems down the road and you end up building your own eventually. And a bit of serious advice--NEVER, EVER auto-update rules. All it takes is one bad rule and your entire IDS is down. And how hard is: cd /tmp/rulestuff wget http://www.snort.org/dl/rules/snortrules-current.tar.gz tar -zxvf snortrules-current.tar.gz <examine the rules> <if Ok, then> mv * /etc/snort/rules/ If you just can't live without the auto-update, then consider the program oinkmaster [0]. It does do rule updates, but it does it in a smart manner.... Cheers! ----- Erek Adams "When things get weird, the weird turn pro." H.S. Thompson [0] http://www.algonet.se/~nitzer/oinkmaster/ ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: INetU Attention Web Developers & Consultants: Become An INetU Hosting Partner. Refer Dedicated Servers. We Manage Them. You Get 10% Monthly Commission! INetU Dedicated Managed Hosting http://www.inetu.net/partner/index.php _______________________________________________ Snort-users mailing list Snort-users () lists sourceforge net Go to this URL to change user options or unsubscribe: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/snort-users Snort-users list archive: http://www.geocrawler.com/redir-sf.php3?list=snort-users
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