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Re: Snort & iptables on the same box

Subject: Re: Snort & iptables on the same box
Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2005 06:43:53 +0800
On 6/14/05, Will Metcalf <william.metcalf@gmail.com> wrote:
snort rely's on the QUEUE target in iptables to receive its data.

Only in inline (IPS) mode. As an IDS it uses libpcap to recieve data
and doesn't care what firewall rules you have in place.

Best regards
 Michael Boman

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