snort on FreeBSD 4.3 help

["Brent Bailey" <brentb () loa com>]

Im running snort 1.7 on my 4.3 FreeBSD box...i downloaded the 1.7 ruleset
from snort.org .. im  running it as a NIDS ....it fired with up no problem
however i went to test it by portscanning the box with nmap from another BSD
box ...and i didnt recieve and alerts or anything in my system mail ...( i
also use logcheck )  or in /var/log/snort.log .....no alerts....
nothing...am i missing something ??  is there a good howto on getting snort
configured correctly ?? any help is greatly appreciated.
thanks in advance
Brent


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