Re: Using Snort in Virtual Machines with PF_RING

[Ayodele Okeowo <aymacro () gmail com>]

After some research, I stumbled on some article. (e.g.
http://seclists.org/snort/2012/q3/978) but I wouldn't mind any addition
information anyone wants to share.

Thanks.
Ayo


On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 11:22 AM, Ayodele Okeowo <aymacro () gmail com> wrote:

> Gents & Ladies,
>
> I've been reading a lot on PF_RING integration into Snort, and I do have a
> question which I think community may be able to help.
>
> I have a HP DL380 Dual Quad Core which has 2 virtual machines running with
> 4 Cores each. These VMs have 3 interfaces where 2 are being used for
> sniffing and 1 for mngt. Now my question is, should I place PF_RING on the
> Host machine or should it be placed on each Snort VM?
>
> Since PF_RING load balances traffic from multiple Snort instances on a
> single interface, it becomes a little confusing on how to proceed. If this
> works out, I would be glad to create an article to help folks out there.
>
> Thanks in advance for your responses.
>
> Ayo
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