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diff --git a/net/snort/DESCR b/net/snort/DESCR new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..ad4642d197c --- /dev/null +++ b/net/snort/DESCR @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ + Snort is a libpcap-based packet sniffer/logger which can be used +as a lightweight network intrusion detection system. It features +rules based logging and can perform protocol analysis, content +searching/matching and can be used to detect a variety of attacks +and probes, such as buffer overflows, stealth port scans, CGI +attacks, SMB probes, OS fingerprinting attempts, and much more. + + Snort has a real-time alerting capabilty, with alerts being sent +to syslog or a seperate "alert" file. As of version 1.1 it can +also send WinPopup messages via Samba. |