Re: Snort on Multiple Interfaces

[Joel Esler <eslerj () gmail com>]

Are you using your computer as a firewall?  If not, if you just have
the traffic coming in and going right back out, i would say, run one
instance of Snort on either interface.

Someone correct me if I am wrong.

J

On 7/21/05, Ron <iago () valhallalegends com> wrote:
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> Hey guys,
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> I am running snort on a computer that bridges my network.  All traffic
> from the internet enters through eth0, which bridges it to eth1, which
> plugs into a switch.
>
> 2 questions:
> - - Should I run Snort on both interfaces, or just one? If just one, which
> is better, internal or external?
> - - Should I run Snort in permiscuous mode?  I don't see any reason to,
> since neither side has a hub, but I'm just checking to make sure.
>
> Thanks!
> Ron
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