Write your own custom Snort rules for tighter security

Snort is a favorite open source application in use in many IT departments because it offers an inexpensive and effective way to provide intrusion detection capability on a network segment. Now, with this sample hack from the O'Reilly book Network Security Hacks, you can learn how to make Snort even more effective by writing custom rules that are tailored to your network.



Title: Network Security Hacks
ISBN: 0596006438
Published: April 2004
Author: Andrew Lockhart
Chapter: Hack 86: Write Your Own Snort Rules
Published by O'Reilly

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