installing snort

"Omar F. Altom" <[email protected]> Wed, 21 Sep 2005 12:30:59 +0300
Newsgroups gmane.comp.security.ids.snort.announce,gmane.comp.security.ids.snort.sigs,gmane.comp.security.ids.snort.devel,gmane.comp.security.ids.snort.cvs
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Good day gents,
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I m a security engineer working in an insurance company. I tried to
install snort as follows:
1.	Network based IDS for 3sensors for 3deferent subnets running on
Fedora core 3.
2.	Host based IDS for 5sensors for 5deferent servers running on Red
Hat 3.
3.	One console to remotely configure and manage the sensors windows
or Linux platform.
4.	A good reporting module to impress my managers.
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I tried a lot of books but they don't guide me well. Please if any one
has a straight forward installation guide for the exact requirements.
Any help provided would be highly appreciated.
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Regards,
Eng. Omar Altom
Computer Security Engineer
Genereal Organization of Social Insurance
Information Security Department
Email: [email protected]
Tel:     0096614777735 ex 2033
True enterprise security comes through diligence,
                     not from a box
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day gents,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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font-family:Arial'>I m a security engineer working in an insurance =
company.</span></font></span><font
size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> I tried to
install snort as follows:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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     10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Network based IDS for 3sensors for =
3deferent
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     servers running on Red Hat 3.<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
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36.0pt;direction:
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style=3D'font-size:
     10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>One console to remotely configure and =
manage the
     sensors windows or Linux platform.<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
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36.0pt;direction:
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style=3D'font-size:
     10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>A good reporting module to impress my =
managers.<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
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style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>I tried a lot of books but =
they don&#8217;t
guide me well. Please if any one has a straight forward installation =
guide for
the exact requirements.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Any help provided would be =
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Insurance<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></b></p>

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</span>0096614777735 ex 2033<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></b></p>

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12.0pt;color:red;font-weight:bold;mso-no-proof:yes'>True enterprise =
security
comes through diligence,<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>

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</span>not from a box<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>

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