Re: Snort as Gigabit Sensor

[Erek Adams <erek () snort org>]

On Thu, 24 Jul 2003, Banniza Robert wrote:

> Anyone have any good pointers on tuning Linux (Redhat 9) as a gigabit
> sensor?

[...snip...]

One thing that would help:  Check out Phil Wood's patches to libpcap [0].
> From what's been said, there is a serious performance increase from using
it.  Other than that, I'd say make sure your NIC drivers are the most
current.

I know there are others on the list who are Snorting at those speeds, but
they may not be able to discuss it.  Anyone who can?

Cheers!

-----
Erek Adams

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


[0]     http://public.lanl.gov/cpw/


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