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How do i stop it from happening
also i want to log sucsessful attempts
that get though my firewall. How would i do that.
to do that would i log 127.0.0.1
What is the source of the snort alerts, is it one of your hosts (a false positive) or just random IPs?
also i want to log sucsessful attempts that get though my firewall. How would i do that.
Snort has some capablilities for detecting succesfull attacks, however a layered defense is the best option, so using something like a tripwire, aide, or samhain in combination with snort is a good idea.
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