Re: Snort IDS/IPS

[waldo kitty <wkitty42 () windstream net>]

On 5/8/2013 20:07, Kaushal Shriyan wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am a newbie to Snort IDS/IPS application.  Please help me understand the
> difference between IDS and IPS. *Can snort be configured only as IPS instead of
> IDS? *

yes, snort can be an IPS or an IDS... the difference is if snort only alerts or 
if snort blocks/drops... "inline" is the keyword for snort IPS... normal 
operation is as IDS...

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