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Re: [Snort-users] Port Aggregator Tap alternatives for snort sensor

Subject: Re: [Snort-users] Port Aggregator Tap alternatives for snort sensor
Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2008 20:51:37 -0500
I can use the same sensor but then all of the traffic would also be
piled into one database and/or alerts. Is there a way to separate or
tag the traffic so snort or anything else for that matter can discern
the traffic?

Also the taps will be on different networks.

---internet----> TAP ---router---> TAP ----network cloud---

So internet and router reside on ports 1 and 2 of the 2950 switch.
Sensor port 3. Could the output of the router go to port say 4 and out
5 to the network and the sensor also monitor those two assuming they
should be on their own VLAN so there isn't any interference or will
there be problem with have multiple networks on the same switch due to
broadcasts and whatnot. Also besides the different networks the sensor
is still going to combine everything but I guess filters could be used
to help dissect the traffic?

Thanks for the help.

On Mon, Mar 3, 2008 at 7:39 PM, Andrew Willy <andrewwilly@gmail.com> wrote:
Is the same sensor to analyze the multiple taps? You may define multiple
source interfaces or VLANs in the same monitoring session.

monitor session 1 source interface fa0/1,fa0/2,fa03

Andrew




 On Mon, Mar 3, 2008 at 4:55 PM, Stephen Reese <rsreese@gmail.com> wrote:



I've been using a Cisco 2950 for single tap I have setup and it has
worked fine to date.

!
interface FastEthernet0/1
 switchport access vlan 100
 duplex full
!
interface FastEthernet0/2
 switchport access vlan 100
 duplex full
!
!
monitor session 1 source interface Fa0/1
monitor session 1 destination interface Fa0/3

Port one is the internet source, port two is to my routing device and
three is to my sensor.

I would like to setup some more taps without having to run more
switches. An alternative is to purchase a tap still (around $300) or
making one from scratch
(http://www.altsec.info/passive-network-tap.html) but I would prefer
not to have to deal with bonding interfaces. I was considering another
2950 switch (still cost around $250 used) but I figure there has got
to be a better solution? A port aggregator seems to be out of the
question since they seem to run around $1000...

Any recommendations? Thanks.

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