Re: How to disable /var/log/snort/alert?

[Nick Moore <nmoore () sourcefire com>]

Fabio,

If you use the unified output and then use Barnyard2 to process it,
commenting out all other outputs, I think you'll have better performance.

Nick

2010/3/23 Fábio Ferrão <ferrao04 () gmail com>

> Dears,
>
> How do I disable the alerts in /var/log/snort/alert?
> My server is slow when snort_inline is initiated.
> I intend to disable /var/log/snort/alert for to stop the writing in hard
> disk and to verify if my server will be faster.
>
> Thanks.
>
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