Re: Newbie Setup Question

[twig les <twigles () yahoo com>]

There is a good little discussion about this in the redhat
install guide on www.snort.org/docs/.  Page 6 I believe.


--- Kevin Bachelder <kbachelder () mindspring com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> We have a small network (<50 PCs) and I would like to add a
> Windows 2000 
> machine with Snort to the mix.
>
>  From what I have been reading am I correct in assuming that
> what I should 
> do is get a network tap and then set things up as follows...
>
>
>                              [snort PC]
>                                  ^
>                                  |
>                                  |
> [router] -->  [firewall] -->  [tap]  --> [switch with all our
> PCs]
>
>
> For a small network is this the "recommended" way to do things
> without 
> having to use port mirroring on the switch?
>
> Thanks in advance for all your help,
>
> Kevin
>
>
> ------------------
> Kevin Bachelder
>
> Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer - Windows NT 4.0 (MCSE)
> Microsoft Certified Professional - Windows 2000 (MCP)
> Citrix Certified Administrator (CCA)
> CompTIA A+ Certified Computer Repair Technician (A+) 
>
>
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