RE: Which Linux distro for a Win32 Snort admin?

["Russell Packer" <russell.packer () arnoldinteractive com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert Reid [mailto:rreid () 1800FLOWERS com]
>
> Morning all,
>
> I have recently been tasked with setting up a 2 sensor Snort 
> IDS which will
> run Linux on IBM hardware. I have a lot of experience with 
> Win32 Snort (ACID
> and Demarc) but none with Linux.
>
> What would be the best distro to use for this project? I have 
> redhat 9.0 on
> hand but I was told its no longer supported, obviously I would like to
> secure this box properly, without RedHat support is it still
> possible to download patches?
>
> Thanks for any advice given,
>
> Robert

Morning? At nearly half past 4? :p

Fun aside, I'd personally recommend Slackware.


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