Re: Snort and ADSL

["Mike Gilligan" <mikewgilligan () hotmail com>]

thanks for the advice on using the Ethernet Tap.
Yes I did consider the tap but remember my Netscreen FW has an integrated 
ADSL port so these are not two separate devices that I can put a TAP 
between. The telephone cable plugs directly from the wall into my Netscreen 
ADSL Firewall and therein lies the problem. Unless there is some way to plug 
an RJ11 cable into an ethernet tap which I haven't seen done before.

Mike.

> From: James Fryman <jfryman () gmail com>
> To: Mike Gilligan <mikewgilligan () hotmail com>
> CC: security-basics () securityfocus com
> Subject: Re: Snort and ADSL
> Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2006 15:36:26 -0500
>
> Mike,
>
> Two options.
>
> 1) Get yourself a passive ethernet tap. These can be made cheaply or
> bought for some $$. Keep in mind, good taps are not cheap.
>
> 2) Grab a cheap dummy hub, and stick it inbetween your Netscreen and
> your DSL modem. Stick your snort box in promiscuous mode, and snort
> away! I would create yourself a listening Cat5 cable on Internet NIC
> segment to prevent any outgoing traffic on your listening port back to
> the Internet.
>
> Some good documents exist on the Snort website to get you started:
> http://www.snort.org/docs/#deploy
>
> Good luck.
>
> -James
>
> Mike Gilligan wrote:
> > Hi list.
> > I have a Netscreen 5GT ADSL FW at my home with two interfaces - inside
> > and outside. I do have a basic set of IDS sigs on the Netscreen but I
> > would like to set up a Snort sensor outside the Firewall to look at
> > unblocked alerts. However, I only have an RJ11 telephone cable to my
> > ADSL port on the Netscreen and no where to plug in a Snort sensor. I
> > could plug it in on the inside but I miss a lot of the traffic already
> > dropped. I know that some SOHO Firewalls like the Linksys ones let you
> > run Snort on the box itself but this isn't an option for me. Could
> > anyone suggest a feasible solution?
> >
> > thanks.
> >
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