Intrusion detection systems with Snort : advanced IDS techniques using Snort, Apache, MySQL, PHP, and ACIDUpplaga 1

1. Introduction to Intrusion Detection and Snort. What is Intrusion Detection? IDS Policy. Components of Snort. Dealing with Switches. TCP Stream Follow Up. Supported Platforms. How to Protect IDS Itself. References. 2. Installing Snort and Getting Started. Snort Installation Scenarios. Installing Snort. Running Snort on Multiple Network Interfaces. Snort Command Line Options. Step-By-Step Procedure to Compile and Install Snort From Source Code. Location of Snort Files. Snort Modes. Snort Alert Modes. Running Snort in Stealth Mode. References. 3. Working with Snort Rules. TCP/IP Network Layers. The First Bad Rule. CIDR. Structure of a Rule. Rule Headers. Rule Options. The Snort Configuration File. Order of Rules Based upon Action. Automatically Updating Snort Rules. Default Snort Rules and Classes. Sample Default Rules. Writing Good Rules. References. 4. Plugins, Preprocessors and Output Modules. Preprocessors. Output Modules. Using BPF Fileters. References. 5. Using Snort with MySQL. Making Snort Work with MySQL. Secure Logging to Remote Databases Securely Using Stunnel. Snort Database Maintenance. References. 6. Using ACID and SnortSnarf with Snort. What is ACID? Installation and Configuration. Using ACID. SnortSnarf. Barnyard. References. 7. Miscellaneous Tools. SnortSam. IDS Policy Manager. Securing the ACID Web Console. Easy IDS. References. Appendix A: Introduction to tcpdump. Appendix B: Getting Started with MySQL. Appendix C: Packet Header Formats. Appendix D: Glossary. Appendix E: SNML DTD. Index.