Snort


  

1. Introduction 

a. What is snort? 

i. Creation & history 

1. Created in 1998 

2.Martin Roesch 

3.Pcap origin 

4.Cisco Acquisition 

ii. Value to network admins 

1. Open-source nature 

2.Consistent rule updates 

1. Overview of important features 

a. Traffic monitoring 

a. Packet Logging 

a. OS fingerprinting