In a column about syslog [see “syslog Configuration” in the December 2001 issue of LJ] I mentioned “stealth logging”--by running your central log server without an IP address, you can hide your ...

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 ...

Network security is a hot topic these days, and intrusion detection systems are playing a greater role in network security. Refeeq Ur Rehman's book Intrusion Detection with SNORT, Apache, MySQL, PHP, ...

Snort, with its funny name, has three primary operating modes. The first two are not really intrusion-related and merely reads network packets received and displays them on-screen or to disk. In these ...