*not a kung fu master, (goju ryu maybe)* Are you just asking about snort on linux? it is pretty simple to install, Pretty straight forward to maintain if you can understand a statefull firewall rule you should be fully capable of learning snort rules. Snort is very flexable, i have one snort box handling a 50 server network with a 20,000 user base accessing the data and the snort box keeps up just fine (red hat 7.3 pentium ~1.ghz 512mb ram) IMHO the snort w/ red hat 7.3 guide on snort.org is a fine setup guide to follow. There are other guides for other os's if red hat isn't your deal. --- Kurt Kessler wrote: > Someone mentioned looking for something like this a > day or two ago. I am thinking about trying it out > myself, but havent as of yet. Do any of the kung fu > masters have any input on this? sound good or a > waste > of time? > > http://216.239.39.100/search?q=cache:IPs9T1DdqMsC:www.sans.org/rr/intrusion/practical_guide.php+how+ to+linux+ids+red+hat&hl=en&ie=UTF-8 > > (the google cached page loads faster, trust me) > > Kurt > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo > http://search.yahoo.com > > > majordomo@kclug.org > Enter without the quotes in body of message __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo http://search.yahoo.com