Re: Can snort be used for single host Intrusion Detection?(A newbie Question)

[Erek Adams <erek () snort org>]

On Wed, 2 Jul 2003, [iso-8859-1] Louis Lam wrote:

> The snort configuration file allows users to specify a
> range of network addresses that it detects activities
> on. I understand that it is possible to ignore traffic
> coming from a particular host.
>
> Is it possible to configure snort such that it only
> checks traffic coming into a particular host?

HOME_NET is best described as "the network or range of IP's that you want
to protect."  Simply define your HOME_NET as a single host:

        var HOME_NET 10.10.10.1/32

Cheers!

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Erek Adams

   "When things get weird, the weird turn pro."   H.S. Thompson


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