Snort for Dummies (For Dummies Series) - Tapa blanda

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Snort is the world's most widely deployed open source intrusion-detection system, with more than 500,000 downloads-a package that can perform protocol analysis, handle content searching and matching, and detect a variety of attacks and probes Drawing on years of security experience and multiple Snort implementations, the authors guide readers through installation, configuration, and management of Snort in a busy operations environment No experience with intrusion detection systems (IDS) required Shows network administrators how to plan an IDS implementation, identify how Snort fits into a security management environment, deploy Snort on Linux and Windows systems, understand and create Snort detection rules, generate reports with ACID and other tools, and discover the nature and source of attacks in real time CD-ROM includes Snort, ACID, and a variety of management tools

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Find out how to foil an attack on your network

Choose the right way to deploy and configure Snort — no experience required!

Who knows what evil is poking around your network perimeter? Snort will sniff out worms, system crackers, and other bad guys, and this friendly guide helps you train Snort to do your bidding. Discover how intrusion detection systems work, what kind you need, how to install and manage Snort on Linux® or Windows® systems, and more.

All this on the bonus CD-ROM

• Snort Intrusion Detection System for Linux and Windows
• ACID Snort Visualization Console
• Barnyard unified logging tool and Oinkmaster rule manager
• Assorted other Snort management tools

Discover how to:

• Integrate Snort into your security plan
• Decide on the best deployment
• Create and update detection rules
• Generate reports with ACID
• Get real-time alerts in case of attack