Need a simple-to-use yet highly flexible intrusion detection package? If so, look no further than Snort. This Linux utility might be just what you need for network traffic monitoring, and Jim McIntyre ...

I've spent years with the Snort intrusion detection system. It's often a love/hate relationship as I massage the rules in order to get to meaningful and actionable data. Often it comes down to parsing ...

Sourcefire this week is expected to announce add-on software called Intrusion Agent for its intrusion-detection system freeware Snort. The add-on will let the freeware version of Snort work with an ...

Snort can be buffer overflowed. About once a year, Snort gets a buffer overflow vulnerability. Any piece of additional software in a defense strategy has to be carefully considered (e.g. Snort, ...