Installing SNORT
Summary
Setting up Snort in Linux, configuring local and external network variables, additional coverage of Snort configuration and rules, and using Nmap to generate Snort alerts.
1:47 - Installing Snort
4:01 - Configuring home (local) network
8:01 - Stopping/starting Snort service
9:14 - Configuring external network
10:40 - Snort rules path
12:47 - Overview of alert file
14:17 - Using tail command to view file changes in real-time
14:45 - Installing Nmap
15:40 - Running Nmap (SYN scan, OS detection) against Snort host
16:58 - Alerts generated from scan
18:53 - Successful OS detection with Nmap
Reference Materials
Snort 2.9.3 manual (PDF)
http://www.snort.org/docs - Snort Documentation
http://nmap.org/docs.html - Nmap Documentation