Re: Snort noob questions

[herbert langhans <w3 () langhans com pl>]

On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 01:56:43PM -0600, Scott Bonar wrote:
> Hopefully some quick questions from a Snort 'noob'.
>
> 1) got Snort up and running but I was curious, what is the best way to 
> test it?
>
> 2) what is the difference between ClamAV and Snort since it appears as 
> if Snort has anti-virus/anti-spam/anti-phishing rules?
>
> Thx
>
> Scott Bonar
>
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I'd say - watch the logfiles fill. On my webserver (not a very busy one)
I get dozen of incidents logged a day. 

Cheers
herb langhans


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