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Re: Snort acting as a firewall ?????????

From: Frank Knobbe <fknobbe () knobbeits com>
Date: 08 Nov 2002 10:49:59 -0600

On Fri, 2002-11-08 at 02:58, Atul Shrivastava wrote:

Can anyone tell me in detail, how one can make Snort act as a Firewall ???????????


uhmm.. why? Snort is an Intrusion Detection System, not a firewall. It's
an entirely different product with a different purpose.

There is however Snort-inline and HogWash. But those two are Gateway (or
Inlines) IDS's. Some also use the hyped-up term Intrusion Prevention
System. But it's not a firewall...


Regards,
Frank

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