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Old 09-10-2004, 11:41 AM   #1
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Snort/ACID as an IDS


I was wondering something. I am looking at deploying Snort/ACID on a few servers I have exposed to the WAN. Is it considered insecure to leave an interface that is connected to the WAN in promiscuous mode?
 
Old 09-10-2004, 11:49 AM   #2
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Not in of itself, but you are adding another piece of software that can (and has been) vulnerable to remote exploitation. An ideal way to run Snort is on a dedicated machine that is connected by an "ethertap" which is basically a one way ethernet cable (see snort docs for a howto). That way you're significantly reducing the likelihood of the IDS getting compromised.
 
Old 09-10-2004, 11:52 AM   #3
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Yeah, I was hoping that I wouldn't have to install Apache, ACID, Snort, MySQL, etc. on every machine I want to monitor. This just seems like an overhead nightmare alongside the added security risks.

Thanks man, I will dig a little deeper.
 
Old 09-10-2004, 12:05 PM   #4
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You can actually install a bunch of Snort sensors that then send logs to a central analysis console that has /ACID/mySQL/Apache on it. Those apps really just make reviewing your logs more convienient. That may sound trivial, but on a fairly substantial network, Snort logs can can get really big in a short amount of time. Installing Snort on every machine is probably overkill. Putting it on a few well select machines that can observe all network traffic is probably a better solution.
 
Old 09-10-2004, 12:14 PM   #5
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"Snort sensors"

Cool...
 
  


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