Snort
Network Intrusion Detection & Prevention System
Snort is an open-source network intrusion detection and prevention system (IDS/IPS) for Linux and Windows. It uses rule-based analysis to identify malicious network activity, generate alerts, and optionally block threats inline. It can also function as a packet sniffer or packet logger for network traffic debugging.
Snort analyzes network packets against a set of rules to identify malicious activity and generate alerts, and can be deployed inline to actively block threats.
network administrators and security professionals in personal and business environments
Background.
- Status
- launched
- Business model
- freemium
- Company
- Cisco
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