On Tue, Aug 21, 2001 at 04:47:21PM +0800, Gino LV.Ledesma wrote: > > I decided to send this to the plug-misc mailing list first since > I'm not quite sure what I want to do just yet, but I've basically become > overazealous (overly paranoid) when it comes to network security. It's appropriate to plug main, so I'm posting my reply there. > Point now is, is there a tool for Linux/Unix/whatever that can help > sysads/network admins determine brute force attempts not to a Linux box > but to a Windows box? I'm thinking more on the likes of a network > analysis tool -- something that detects where there is "heavy" > congestion and the like. As beautiful a tool iptraf is (it REALLY > IS!!! :) ), it can't help that much. One good tool to use is snort. http://www.snort.org http://snort.sf.net If you're running Debian, it's part of the packages list. So a simple 'apt-get install snort' will get you up and running. -- ___ eric pareja ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) - "We're all crazy. No one wants to admit it." \@/ http://gra.ph/~xenos/xenos.pgp | http://plug.linux.org.ph [O(///)O]======+ v "Even the smallest person can change the course of the future." / Clue | [ Chiba City: A Cyberpunk MUSH | http://chibacity.erisian.net ] +-------+ _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
