Re: [pfSense-discussion] IDS yet?

2006-11-03 Thread Travis H.
On 10/6/06, Chris Buechler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Scott Ullrich wrote: It is a delayed IDS. Generally an IPS hooks into the network stack directly and does not allow the traffic to pass through until its scanned. Yep, sometimes these are called intrusion reaction systems, reactive

Re: [pfSense-discussion] IDS yet?

2006-11-03 Thread Travis H.
Going through some old email, sorry for the anachronism. On 10/4/06, Bill Marquette [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sorry, but I do not agree totally with you: the thing I love with pfSense is that it is possible to install it everywhere, so it could be a _real_ competitor to enterprise products

Re: [pfSense-discussion] IDS yet?

2006-10-06 Thread Chris Buechler
Scott Ullrich wrote: It is a delayed IDS. Generally an IPS hooks into the network stack directly and does not allow the traffic to pass through until its scanned. And generally you probably aren't going to want to hook snort into your network stack like that, because of the limitations of

Re: [pfSense-discussion] IDS yet?

2006-10-06 Thread Daniel S. Haischt
Chris Buechler schrieb: And generally you probably aren't going to want to hook snort into your network stack like that, because of the limitations of PC hardware. Commercial IPS devices process rules through ASIC's, which enables them to fully evaluate every single packet before passing it

Re: [pfSense-discussion] IDS yet?

2006-10-05 Thread Scott Ullrich
On 10/5/06, Chris Godwin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Am I correct about Snort being able to block as well as detect? Isn't this IDS/IPS, not just IDS. It is a delayed IDS. Generally an IPS hooks into the network stack directly and does not allow the traffic to pass through until its scanned.

RE: [pfSense-discussion] IDS yet?

2006-10-05 Thread Holger Bauer
Subject: Re: [pfSense-discussion] IDS yet? On 10/5/06, Chris Godwin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Am I correct about Snort being able to block as well as detect? Isn't this IDS/IPS, not just IDS. It is a delayed IDS. Generally an IPS hooks into the network stack directly and does not allow

RE: [pfSense-discussion] IDS yet?

2006-10-05 Thread Jason J. Ellingson
Snort is kicking some great arse! I'm really loving it. Any way to get it to syslog? I see a lot of MS-SQL worms and such and would (for giggles) like to see all the snort alerts. System logs only shows the attacking IP and not what kind of attack. Who is the sponsor for Snort, I want to buy

Re: [pfSense-discussion] IDS yet?

2006-10-05 Thread Scott Ullrich
On 10/5/06, Jason J. Ellingson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Snort is kicking some great arse! I'm really loving it. Any way to get it to syslog? I see a lot of MS-SQL worms and such and would (for giggles) like to see all the snort alerts. System logs only shows the attacking IP and not what

Re: [pfSense-discussion] IDS yet?

2006-10-04 Thread Tommaso Di Donato
Sorry do you plan to use snort as IDS or as IPS? I think that the former should be easier to implement as a package, but the latter is the direction to follow, in a long term project. Few days ago I saw StillSecure Strataguard, and I found that their interface/approach to IPS is very good...

Re: [pfSense-discussion] IDS yet?

2006-10-04 Thread Daniel S. Haischt
Beside that I always thought Snort is first and foremost an IDS and not an IPS... Holger Bauer schrieb: I suggest just trying the snort package in the way it is now before discussinng new features so everybody in this discussion knows what we are talking about. It's easy to setup and

Re: [pfSense-discussion] IDS yet?

2006-10-04 Thread Rainer Duffner
Daniel S. Haischt wrote: Beside that I always thought Snort is first and foremost an IDS and not an IPS... It can do both, IIRC. But commercial IDS/IPS products have been blurring the line between these two purposes for years - upto a point where I think there is no real distinction

Re: [pfSense-discussion] IDS yet?

2006-10-04 Thread christiaan
Tommaso Di Donato wrote: On 10/4/06, Rainer Duffner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At least in this respect, pfSense is still a clear packet-filter only ;-) And ideally, it should stay this way while analyzing packet-content should occur elsewhere (because it also needs much more CPU-power).

Re: [pfSense-discussion] IDS yet?

2006-10-04 Thread Bill Marquette
On 10/4/06, Tommaso Di Donato [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 10/4/06, Rainer Duffner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At least in this respect, pfSense is still a clear packet-filter only ;-) And ideally, it should stay this way while analyzing packet-content should occur elsewhere (because it also

Re: [pfSense-discussion] IDS yet?

2006-10-04 Thread Tommaso Di Donato
On 10/4/06, Bill Marquette [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 10/4/06, Tommaso Di Donato [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 10/4/06, Rainer Duffner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At least in this respect, pfSense is still a clear packet-filter only ;-) And ideally, it should stay this way while analyzing

RE: [pfSense-discussion] IDS yet?

2006-10-04 Thread Jason J. Ellingson
So far, I like the new Snort package. Very nice and easy to set up. You have my praises! If I am correct, the Snort package only sees traffic that was not blocked by firewall rules? - Jason

RE: [pfSense-discussion] IDS yet?

2006-10-04 Thread Holger Bauer
system for example :-) Holger -Original Message- From: Jason J. Ellingson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 04, 2006 3:58 PM To: discussion@pfsense.com Subject: RE: [pfSense-discussion] IDS yet? So far, I like the new Snort package. Very nice and easy to set up

RE: [pfSense-discussion] IDS yet?

2006-10-04 Thread Jason J. Ellingson
Subject: RE: [pfSense-discussion] IDS yet? No, it sees everything. For example running at my WAN though nearly everything is blocked it detects portscans too and will block this IP (if enabled) so it can't start a bruteforce against my open ports. If you are lucky it will even block the intruder before

Re: [pfSense-discussion] IDS yet?

2006-10-04 Thread Bill Marquette
On 10/4/06, Holger Bauer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: No, it sees everything. For example running at my WAN though nearly everything is blocked it detects portscans too and will block this IP (if enabled) so it can't start a bruteforce against my open ports. If you are lucky it will even block

RE: [pfSense-discussion] IDS yet?

2006-10-04 Thread Greg Hennessy
Snort hooks into bpf, bpf gets 1st look at all traffic. Greg -Original Message- From: Jason J. Ellingson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 04, 2006 2:58 PM To: discussion@pfsense.com Subject: RE: [pfSense-discussion] IDS yet? So far, I like the new Snort

Re: [pfSense-discussion] IDS yet?

2006-10-04 Thread Bill Marquette
On 10/4/06, Donald Pulsipher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I tried to install the snort package but get an error. This was on my Soekris embedded box with the embedded version 1.0-RC1a. Two problems here. 1. RC1 is ancient, the snort package only works on RC3 and above 2. Embedded doesn't support

Re: [pfSense-discussion] IDS yet?

2006-10-04 Thread Scott Ullrich
Snort requires 1.0-RC3. On 10/4/06, Donald Pulsipher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I tried to install the snort package but get an error. This was on my Soekris embedded box with the embedded version 1.0-RC1a. Here is the output : - Installation of snort FAILED! Downloading package

Re: [pfSense-discussion] IDS yet?

2006-10-04 Thread Donald Pulsipher
The /pkg_mgr.php and related files are still in the www directory, I just pointed to them in my url. If I upgrade to RC3, is there an easy way to change the embedded image to support packages ? Otherwise I could always just compile and install snort myself I guess. Thanks for your replies.

Re: [pfSense-discussion] IDS yet?

2006-10-04 Thread Scott Ullrich
SH. Don't tell anyone this. ;) Scott On 10/4/06, Donald Pulsipher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The /pkg_mgr.php and related files are still in the www directory, I just pointed to them in my url. If I upgrade to RC3, is there an easy way to change the embedded image to support packages

Re: [pfSense-discussion] IDS yet?

2006-10-04 Thread Bill Marquette
On 10/4/06, Donald Pulsipher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: According to my rough calculations, I can do maybe 40mbps throughput before I peg the cpu. Or maybe I'm just dreaming, but I plan on testing it. With a 4801 or wrap??? Try again :) We peg the CPU on those boards well before 40mbit...I

Re: [pfSense-discussion] IDS yet?

2006-10-04 Thread Donald Pulsipher
Its a 4801 with the fastest processor I could get (266). We'll see what I can do with it, I don't plan on using a default config with snort. I know I'm going to have to tweak it. With the right setup, I believe running snort on the embedded image _is_ feasable. If I do manage to pull it off,

RE: [pfSense-discussion] IDS yet?

2006-10-04 Thread Holger Bauer
reach thier limits sooner or later. Holger -Original Message- From: Donald Pulsipher [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 04, 2006 8:03 PM To: discussion@pfsense.com Subject: Re: [pfSense-discussion] IDS yet? Its a 4801 with the fastest processor I could get (266

Re: [pfSense-discussion] IDS yet?

2006-10-03 Thread Travis H.
On 9/20/06, Sam Newnam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've read a couple places but couldn't find a clear answer to whether SQUID or another intrusion diction system had been integrated yet. SQUID is a cache, not a NIDS. -- Enhance your calm, fellow citizen; it's just ones and zeroes. Unix guru for

Re: [pfSense-discussion] IDS yet?

2006-10-03 Thread Scott Ullrich
On 9/20/06, Scott Ullrich [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There is no IDS package with no intention on creating one. We are waiting for you all to step up to the plate. I somewhat lied about this. For some reason after seeing your post something clicked in my head and I spent a good 35 hours on a

RE: [pfSense-discussion] IDS yet?

2006-10-03 Thread Sam Newnam
I meant SNORT. Sorry - my mistake - thanks. Sam Newnam SystemSam Technologies, LLC www.systemsam.com -Original Message- From: Travis H. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2006 4:45 PM To: discussion@pfsense.com Subject: Re: [pfSense-discussion] IDS yet? On 9/20/06

RE: [pfSense-discussion] IDS yet? (+IPS)

2006-09-21 Thread Chris Godwin
] Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2006 3:23 PM To: discussion@pfsense.com Subject: Re: [pfSense-discussion] IDS yet? On 9/20/06, Sam Newnam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've read a couple places but couldn't find a clear answer to whether SQUID or another intrusion diction system had been integrated

RE: [pfSense-discussion] IDS yet? (+IPS)

2006-09-21 Thread Sam Newnam
wa Sam Newnam SystemSam Technologies, LLC www.systemsam.com -Original Message- From: Chris Godwin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2006 10:23 AM To: discussion@pfsense.com Subject: RE: [pfSense-discussion] IDS yet? (+IPS) What about Snortsam and ipfw

Re: [pfSense-discussion] IDS yet? (+IPS)

2006-09-21 Thread Bill Marquette
On 9/21/06, Sam Newnam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was thinking about using something like this product too... http://www.stillsecure.org/index.php?rf=vmw Says it integrates with IP Tables... Quick thoughts on its compatibility with PF? It's a dedicated linux install. --Bill

[pfSense-discussion] IDS yet?

2006-09-20 Thread Sam Newnam
Ive read a couple places but couldnt find a clear answer to whether SQUID or another intrusion diction system had been integrated yet. I found those screen shots where it showed the package manager but then read where its being re-written. Anyway, sorry if I waste someones time but I just