Greg Steen
What is Snort? Snort purposes Where can it be used?
IDS/IPS Sniffs & Logs packets based on rule set When inline, can drop packets, thus IPS Sniffer Command-line packet sniffer Packet Logger Logs packets without a rule base.
Architecture Where will Snort reside on a network? Installation Components Snort- IDS/IPS Barnyard- Processes output of Snort Base- GUI to see the captured packets MySQL- Stores packet information and run DML functions
Configuration files Rules.conf Snort.conf Barnyard2.conf Permission settings Database GUI
Rule writing Sample rules #pass tcp any <> any (msg:"allowed traffic for ubuntu updates";sid: ;) alert icmp ! /16 any -> /16 any (msg: "Intrusion traffic";sid: ;) #drop tcp any 80 <> any 80 (msg:"Drop tcp all port 80";sid: ;) Base lining the network Important to monitor and establish what is acceptable traffic.
Data What is collected. Interpretation Analysis Uses for data
Summary Snort is an open-source IDS/IPS Designed to be available at no cost for those that want it Many businesses can use Snort, small to large and it depends on the amount of maintenance desired to handle.