SnortVM

September 18, 2006 on 7:56 am | In Linux, Security, Server |

As I’ve been inundated with work, I haven’t had much time to post anything. So, here’s a little something, to show you that I am, contrary to popular belief, still alive :P

CentOS is one of the most popular Linux server distributions, Snort the most popular Open Source IDS (Intrusion Detection System), and VMware Server quite possibly the most popular free (as in beer) virtualisation app. Now, what could you do to tie these together to make an amazing, free product? Install Snort on CentOS in a VM, and release it for public download, of course!

So, fresh from the, er, streets: SnortVM. Deploy it wherever you want, and discover things you didn’t know before. Why not bridge it with your main connection to your router on your home PC? That way, you can find out if anything nasty is getting past your router. Or even put it in the DMZ, for a bit of fun?

I quote:

This VMWare is a basic build of Snort using BASE and MySQL on CentOS 4.3. It was contributed by Patrick Harper and is based on his popular Snort Installation Guide. Patrick tested the image in VMware player, ESX 3, and Workstation 5.X. It’s backward compatible so those running older versions of Workstation will be able to use it too. The download is 427 MB

This is the most interesting VM I have seen in quite a while… So, run along and download it! ;)

(You will need an app like VMware Player or VMware Server (both free) to run it)

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  1. This would be good, if VMware Server hadn’t cocked up.

    Comment by Gunny — September 18, 2006 #
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  2. Hehe… What happened to VMware Server? :P It works fine for me.

    Comment by J_K9 — September 18, 2006 #
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  3. The install failed to take, and it thinks it’s installed so but there is no unisntall link, so I can’t run player.

    It’s my fault for using shoddy windows though…

    I think you should say, instead of “CentOS is one of the most popular Linux server distributions”, “CentOS, the free repackaging of RHEL, one of the most popular Linux server distributions,”

    Comment by Gunny — September 23, 2006 #
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  4. I disagree - CentOS is one of the most popular Linux server distros… Quite a few webhosts run ALL their servers on CentOS (not RHEL) ;)

    Comment by J_K9 — September 24, 2006 #
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  5. Hmm…I suppose you’re right…

    Comment by Gunny — September 29, 2006 #
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