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| Subject: | Re: [Snort-users] how rules work |
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| Date: | Tue, 11 Dec 2007 13:06:48 -0500 |
Robert Fowler wrote:
Basically can I disable all rules and add them one by one ? and what file determines what rules to use ?
Best bet is to start by disabling/enabling the major categories that you might need. Also look at bleedingthreats.net for a complementary ruleset to the stock sets. Then look at what hits you get and make sure your sensor can handle the load. Then start en/disabling individual rules that are of interest to you. You can en/disable categories of rules in your snort.conf. Individual rules in the individual ruleset file most likely in your rules/ dir.
Will SNORT act as an IPS and kill my network or just it just monitor traffic ?
It can do both. Stock it'll be just monitoring. To block you have to get more complex. Go inline, use flexresponse, or something like snortsam (snortsam.net).
Also on a seperate note do I need the network interface to operate in pernicios mode and does this need a specific switch when starting snort.
It'll do that on it's own, but ya generally so. Matt
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