Hi L! 09 Apr 2002, "L.D. Best" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
LB> My oldest sent me the URL, with a "check it out." I'm not yet in a LB> position to need [hence need to know about] this type of protection, LB> but some of you may well be. Snort is a free Intrusion Detection System. It per se offers _no_ protection at all, but logs intrusion attempts. It is no firewall which would block certain ports/IPs. (there is a mini perl script called guardian which can block IPs which have tried to intrude your computer. This only works if you can controll the firewall with the command-line [eg Linux, FreeBSD ... forget windows]) LB> If you figure it all out, and it's worth considering, let me know. LB> http://www.snort.org/dl/binaries/ I would see no use for it on Win98. It is meant for servers running either some sort of Linux or WinNT. Sysadmins can continuesly watch the logs, and take immediate reaction. LB> and I'm still in the process of figuring out how I'll protect my LB> Win98SE machine once I get it up on line. What do you protect your win98 against ?? Win98 has no open ports (if samba has been disabled) if somebody wants to connect to you, he will get a ICMP Port unreachable. But if you still want a personal firewall have a look at zonealarm, tinyfirewall [for both exist free versions] or @guard [now part of norton internet security costs $) LB> l.d. CU, Ricsi -- |~)o _ _o Richard Menedetter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> {ICQ: 7659421} (PGP) |~\|(__\| -=> Wisdom outweighs any wealth -Sophocles <=-
