Sourcefire this week is expected to announce add-on software called Intrusion Agent for its intrusion-detection system freeware Snort. The add-on will let the freeware version of Snort work with an ...

Designed to fill the gap left by expensive, heavy-duty network intrusion detection systems, Snort is a free, cross-platform packet sniffer, logger, and intrusion detector for monitoring smaller TCP/IP ...

To learn more about keeping our network from being compromised, we subscribed to a security mailing list. We have read about the Snort intrusion-detection system. Can we run it on a Windows system and ...

Intrusion-detection systems, such as Snort, are immensely helpful in maintaining secure environments. These systems have matured over the years and are now quite capable of providing solution ...

Many companies incorporate Snort intrusion detection and prevention capabilities into their network-security products. Sourcefire founder and chief technology officer Martin Roesch owns Snort's ...

False positives and data management are two of the most frustrating aspects of using an intrusion-detection system, but a new version of Snort, the freely available IDS that we use, has greatly ...