Re: execute external program

[Matt Kettler <mkettler () evi-inc com>]

Gaston Martres wrote:
> Hi.
>
> I was wondering if is possible to execute an external program when a
> event or alert in snort is triggered.
>
> I was looking on google, but, or I have searched in a wrong way or this
> is not possible.

It is not possible. See the FAQ on getting snort to email you.

Executing a process directly from snort is so expensive it would bog snort down
and cause it to miss a very substantial number of packets.


In general a better way is to use swatch or logsurfer to monitor the snort logs
and trigger processes. This is a little less "real-time", but it should happen
within a hundred milliseconds or so.

http://www.snort.org/docs/faq/1Q05/node94.html


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