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 ...

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 ...

Now-a-days cloud computing has become very popular since it reduces infrastructure cost. Hence, the level of security measures also has to be increased. Intrusions Detection Systems (IDSs) are ...

An intrusion detection system – or IDS – is a high-tech burglar alarm, keeping a watchful eye on your computer and alerting when computer or network activity indicates unauthorised or malicious ...

Properly placed within the topology of the network, Snort gives you the best bang for the buck in an IDS. There is a package out there that combines Snort, Dans Guardian, Squid, and a couple of others ...

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 ...

Researchers from Demarc, a Carpinteria, Calif.-based security vendor, discovered the flaw May 17 and released a patch earlier this week. Researchers found that while connecting to Web ports via telnet ...

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 ...