Re: Which OS to choose for SNORT? (need help)

[David Alanis <canito () dalan us>]

Quoting Joel Esler <jesler () sourcefire com>:

> Out of those three, it'd pick Linux.
>
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> On Jan 7, 2010, at 5:05 PM, Sadanand Ghagare <sadanandgh () gmail com>
> wrote:
>
> > Hi All,
> >
> > I am planning to install snort for our network as network IDS.
> > Can anybody suggest which OS I should use so that it can deliver high
> > performance with minimal packet loss.
> > I want to select between Redhat linux, solaris 10 x86 or Windows 2003
> > server SP2?
> > anybody has any suggestion?
> > Thanks in advance
> >
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> >
> >
> > Thanks & Regards
> >
> > Sadanand G.
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What's the point for recommending something if *you* don't give any  
valid reasons for your selection?

Don't get me wrong I am a Linux/Unix user myself but if the user is  
not familiar with Linux what good will it be?

SDA


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