SNORT 101 (Part 03)

This entry is part 13 of 4 in the series Instrusion Detection and Prevention

Views: 9Snort Rules Each rule should have a type of action, protocol, source and destination IP, source and destination port and an option. Remember, Snort is in passive mode by default. So most of the time, we will use Snort as an IDS. We will need to start “inline mode” to turn on IPS mode.  The Snort rule structure … Read more

Snort 101 (Part 01)

This entry is part 2 of 4 in the series Instrusion Detection and Prevention

Views: 28Intrusion Detection System (IDS) IDS is a passive monitoring solution for detecting possible malicious activities/patterns, abnormal incidents, and policy violations. It is responsible for generating alerts for each suspicious event.  There are two main types of IDS systems; Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) IPS is an active protecting solution for preventing possible malicious activities/patterns, abnormal incidents, and policy violations. … Read more

Linux System Hardening

Views: 10Create a GRUB password PBKDF2 stands for Password-Based Key Derivation Function 2. It is important to note that adding a password for GRUB is not available for systems deployed using cloud service providers (such as our Linux VM); a GRUB password does not make sense as you don’t have access to the physical terminal. Encryption There … Read more