An intrusion detection system – or IDS – is a high-tech burglar alarm, keeping a watchful eye on your computer and alerting when computer or network activity indicates unauthorised or malicious ...
One indication that an idea's time has come is when two publications on the topic arrive at the same time. Based on the two titles reviewed here, it's apparent that Snort is going mainstream. These ...
More add-ons help in this area too; use Oinkmaster to keep your rules up to date, and SneakyMan to manually configure your Snort rules within a GNOME window. Finally, be sure to keep Snort itself up ...