Re: Snort inline timeout

[Joel Esler <jesler () sourcefire com>]

Well, I don't want to argue
semantics, Frank you know that.  SnortSAM activates after the alert
has taken place.  Brute force, yes, it will help in mitigating any
further hits on the target.

J

On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 4:05 PM, Frank Knobbe <frank () knobbe us> wrote:

> On Thu, 2009-07-30 at 12:28 -0400, Joel Esler wrote:
> > Snortsam is an "after attack" enforcement system. Snort inline deals
> > with the attack during.
>
> I take offense with that statement :)
>
> Snortsam is an "after packet" enforcement system, while Snort Inline
> deals with the packets.
>
> Snortsam is well suited to stop brute force attacks. But the initial
> packet or packets (however many required for the signature to fire) will
> go through.
>
> Cheers,
> Frank
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