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Testing Snort IDS/IPS on an Ubuntu web server

Updated: Jan 27, 2024


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With just one command we can launch Snort on Ubuntu and begin monitoring network traffic. In this lab demo I have an Ubuntu VM and Windows 10 VM on a NAT Network. 1. Open the Linux terminal and switch to SU if you are not already

2. snort -A console -q -u snort -g snort -c /etc/snort/snort.conf -i enp0s3 (enp0s3 is the name of my network connection).

3. From the Windows machine ping Ubuntu and watch for the custom alert in Snort.



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