Re: [Snort-users] Snort signautures

From: Erick Mechler <emechler(at)techometer.net>
Date: Fri Feb 28 2003 - 13:10:30 EST

:: My first question is, where can I find documentation on determining what

http://www.snort.org/snort-db/ is your friend. You can lookup by sid or just browse through.

:: Secondly are there a number of commands that I should use to tell Snort

The docs above will show you how to startup snort on the CLI. Next question, port scanning isn't what snort does, you're going to want a tool like nmap which you can get from http://www.insecure.org/nmap/.

:: Thirdly I downloaded a front end for my Snort system. The file is

http://www.packx.net/ is the main distribution site for IDSCenter.

:: I would really appreciate any kind of feedback. I am at the moment only

Great, snort is a fantastic program sure to make you scratch your head once or twice :) Just remember to look over the docs at www.snort.org/docs/ (including the list archives at http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=snort-users) carefully; chances are, if you're asking a configuration question, it's been answered before.

Cheers - Erick

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