Snort for Dummies

Find out how to foil an attack on your networkChoose the right way to deploy and configure Snort - no experience required!Who knows what evil is poking around your network perimeter? Snort will sniff out worms, system crackers, and other bad guys, and this friendly guide helps you train Snort to do your bidding. Discover how intrusion detection systems work, what kind you need, how to install and manage Snort on Linux? or Windows? systems, and more.All this on the bonus CD-ROM Snort Intrusion Detection System for Linux and Windows ACID Snort Visualization Console Barnyard unified logging tool and Oinkmaster rule manager Assorted other Snort management tools Discover how to: Integrate Snort into your security plan Decide on the best deployment Create and update detection rules Generate reports with ACID Get real-time alerts in case of attackScott, Charlie is the author of 'Snort for Dummies', published 2004 under ISBN 9780764568350 and ISBN 0764568353.