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Re: Question about Sguil


From: Doug Burks <doug.burks () gmail com>
Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2014 16:41:44 -0400

More like this:

Sensor - sniffs traffic, sends IDS alerts to server
Server - Receives IDS alerts from sensors, writes alerts to database,
and interacts with sensors and clients
Client - can be on your laptop, interacts with the server

Take a look at these diagrams:

http://nsmwiki.org/File:Sguil-0.7.network.png

http://nsmwiki.org/File:Sguil-0.7.dfd.png

On Fri, Jun 20, 2014 at 4:33 PM, Matt Martin <MMartin () jwpepper com> wrote:
Y M, thanks for the reply…



Ok, that’s the explanation I was looking for. I was a bit confused before
about that, but I think I got it now…



Basically like this:

            Sensor ---> Goes with the Database

            Server ---> Goes with Snort

            Client ---> Can go anywhere, i.e. my laptop and the like?



Does that sound right?



Thanks again for the explanation!



Thanks,

Matt





From: Y M [mailto:snort () outlook com]
Sent: Friday, June 20, 2014 1:20 PM


To: Matt Martin
Cc: snort-users
Subject: RE: [Snort-users] Question about Sguil



If your database is on the same box as Snort, then you would have to run
both, the Sguil Sensor and Server on the same box as Snort. If your database
is on a different server, then Sguil sensor would run on the same box as
Snort while the Server runs on the database Server.



Sguil Client as it is sometimes referred to as the "analyst console" where
you get to view your alerts. This can be run on the analyst machine. In fact
it can be run on either Linux or Windows. The client would connect to the
database/Server to authenticate and view the alert data.



A third option for the web GUI side is the Squert Project at:
http://www.squertproject.org/. I have been leaning towards using it in the
future. Unfortunately, the demo site is currently offline but you get  an
idea by viewing the screenshots.



YM

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From: MMartin () jwpepper com
To: snort-users () lists sourceforge net
Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2014 16:21:11 +0000
Subject: [Snort-users] Question about Sguil

Hello All,



I am currently using BASE as my frontend for Snort. But I get errors when
clicking into lots of stuff on the GUI, so I’m looking into other GUI
frontends for Snort. Not to mention mostly every time I click on an “Alert”,
when the page loads in the browser it just says in red that “Alert Deleted”…
Don’t know why would it be deleting alerts…



But anyway, I came across Sguil which seems to be a pretty popular choice
amongst GUI frontends for Snort. But I am a bit confused by the installation
process, so I was hoping someone could explain this question below for me…?



I downloaded the most recent version of Sguil (*Sguil Version 0.9.0). And
reading about the installation process on a number of different sites I am
still confused by the Client/Server/Sensor architecture of it. I currently
have my Snort installation, along with Barnyard2, MySQL, BASE and Oinkmaster
all on the same server (*I downloaded PulledPork because I heard good
things, but still need to install it and replace Oinkmaster…). I have had
Snort running now on this server for a few weeks and it seems to be going
well, except for the frontend...



So since I have Snort all contained on a single server am I supposed to
install Sguil Client, Server, and Sensor on that server as well? If I want
to use it simply as a frontend to Snort, do I need all 3 of those? I
couldn’t find any installation docs for Sguil for when Snort and it’s MySQL
Database are on the same server. All the docs seemed to be for “split” Snort
installations, i.e. across multiple servers…



Could anyone explain to me those 3 different parts to Sguil? And whether or
not I need all 3 of them installed?

Any thoughts or suggestions would be much appreciated!



Thanks in Advance,

Matt


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