Re: reading snort logs

[James Lay <jlay () slave-tothe-box net>]

Snort MiniFAQ

Snort is an IDS/IPS that can listen on live interfaces and read pcaps (run with -r).  If you're running anything 
besides the latest snort (http://www.snort.org/snort-downloads) then stop reading and install that FIRST.  The internet 
is chock full of outdated how-to's with snort.  If you've used one to install snort, then be prepared to make some 
changes. 

Snort can (add to your snort.conf) output to human readable text (output alert_fast:), unified2 filetype (output 
unified2:), syslog (output alert_syslog:), and pcap file format (output log_tcpdump:).

If you're wanting database support, then barnyard2 is the application you'll want to read the unified2 files that will 
get put into your database.  If you want to listen to multiple interfaces and have multiple sources of data, then 
your'e going to have to have multiple instances of snort and barnyard2 running.  In a nutshell you'll want for example 
a snort1.conf, snort2.conf, and snort3, conf as well as a barnyard1.conf, barnyard2.conf, and barnyard2.conf.  You can 
have the unified2 files be differently named, or read from different directories.


On Apr 21, 2013, at 8:16 AM, "MCLEOD, DONNIE" <DMCLEO11 () caledonian ac uk> wrote:

> Hi, can anyone tell me how to open and read snort logs?
> I'am a newbe to snort,thanks 
>
> Don
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