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Snort

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What is Snort?

Snort is a free and open-source, rule-based intrusion detection system (IDS) and intrusion prevention system (IPS). It analyzes network traffic in real-time to detect malicious activity, such as port scans, denial-of-service attacks, and malware. It uses a flexible rule-based language to define the characteristics of attacks, allowing users to customize it to their specific needs. Snort is commonly used to monitor network traffic, log suspicious events, and automatically block or drop malicious packets.

What other technologies are related to Snort?

Snort Competitor Technologies

Suricata is another open-source intrusion detection system (IDS) and intrusion prevention system (IPS), directly competing with Snort.
mentioned alongside Snort in 44% (1.3k) of relevant job posts
Bro (now Zeek) is a network security monitoring tool that provides a comprehensive platform for network traffic analysis, often used as an alternative or complement to Snort.
mentioned alongside Snort in 64% (374) of relevant job posts
Zeek (formerly Bro) is a network security monitoring tool that provides a comprehensive platform for network traffic analysis, often used as an alternative or complement to Snort.
mentioned alongside Snort in 23% (393) of relevant job posts
Bro (now Zeek) is a network security monitoring tool that provides a comprehensive platform for network traffic analysis, often used as an alternative or complement to Snort.
mentioned alongside Snort in 42% (102) of relevant job posts

Snort Complementary Technologies

YARA is a pattern matching swiss knife for malware researchers and (digital forensics) incident response teams. It can be used in conjunction with Snort to create more sophisticated rules.
mentioned alongside Snort in 40% (1.1k) of relevant job posts
Security Onion is a Linux distribution for threat hunting, enterprise security monitoring, and log management. It often includes Snort as one of its core components.
mentioned alongside Snort in 28% (239) of relevant job posts
Wireshark is a network protocol analyzer. It is useful for analyzing network traffic, and often used alongside Snort to investigate detected anomalies.
mentioned alongside Snort in 3% (1.7k) of relevant job posts

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