Re: Second Snort instance killing performance

["Alex Butcher, ISC/ISYS" <Alex.Butcher () bristol ac uk>]

--On 08 September 2005 21:20 +1200 Jason Haar <Jason.Haar () trimble co nz> 
wrote:

> Alex Butcher, ISC/ISYS wrote:
>
> > One suggestion I have is to re-arrange your rules so that you bond
> > eth1 and eth2 together to create bond0, then run a single Snort on
> > bond0. Obviously, there are disadvantages to doing that, but
> > advantages also (state tracking across interfaces, for instance).
>
> Can you tell us what the disadvantages are? Obviously a single snort
> process will be dealing with up to twice the packet rates it was
> previously, but is there any other gotchas?

Essentially, having to rejig your configuration files to take account of 
the new arrangement; particularly if you wish to monitor for certain rules 
on one segment, but not on another.

Best Regards,
Alex.
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