snort

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Open-source network intrusion detection system.

Examples (5)

Capture packets with verbose output

sudo snort -v -i interface

Capture packets and dump application layer data with verbose output

sudo snort -vd -i interface

Capture packets and display link layer packet headers with verbose output

sudo snort -ve -i interface

Capture packets and save them in the specified directory

sudo snort -i interface -l path/to/directory

Capture packets according to rules and save offending packets along with alerts

sudo snort -i interface -c path/to/rules.conf -l path/to/directory