IDS Software

Sat Sep 8 02:24:55 UTC 2001

Simple question simple answer :) http://www.snort.org/

Snort - The Open Source Network Intrusion Detection System 

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Leo Bicknell" <bicknell at ufp.org>
To: <nanog at merit.edu>
Sent: Friday, September 07, 2001 9:26 PM
Subject: IDS Software


> 
> 
> I'm starting a project for which I would like some quality IDS
> software.  IMHO this opens up a whole can of worms, and will probably
> start a great discussion, but that's probably good on the whole.
> 
> First, the requirements.  The IDS system must be:
> 
> * Free
> 
> * Run on FreeBSD, and/or maybe Linux.
> 
> * Allow both 'router' detection (where the host acts as a router)
>   and 'passive' (where the host is simply a sniffer on a lan).
> 
> * Have a reasonable configuration system to allow common false-positives
>   to be supressed.
> 
> At this point I know almost nothing about IDS systems, other than
> that several companies make such products and charge huge fees for
> them, and that there are a number of open-source products that have
> no confirmed reputations.
> 
> Replies to the list are ok, as are private replies.  Assuming I get
> something good I will summarize private replies to the list.
> 
> -- 
> Leo Bicknell - bicknell at ufp.org
> Systems Engineer - Internetworking Engineer - CCIE 3440
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