Re: Linux distro for Snort inline as IPS

[Sec_Aficiondado <secaficionado () gmail com>]

Thanks to all that replied.

I haven't tried CentOS or FreeBSD but I'll look into both. I also thought of LFS, but it might be too much work to keep 
it up to date.

If I find something really outstanding out there I'll report back.

> On Jan 26, 2016, at 9:17 AM, Avery Rozar <avery.rozar () insecure-it com> wrote:
>
> I use both CentOS and FreeBSD both minimal and they work fantastic. For great inline throughput on CentOS you will 
> want to try PF_RING ZC (Zero Copy) but you will need a license, but on FreeBSD you can use netmap and it requires no 
> license. Also with FreeBSD if you uke pkg to install packages you can run "pkg audit" and find known vulnerabilities 
> in installed packages.
>
> > On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 8:45 AM, <wkitty42 () windstream net> wrote:
> > On 01/25/2016 09:47 PM, Jeff H wrote:
> > > I don't think Security Onion would be a good fit. Inline IPS mode isn't
> > > supported and it has quite a bit of additional NSM software running by
> > > default that would need to be disabled if only Snort is required.
> > >
> > > I'm not aware of any specific stripped down distros for running Snort inline,
> > > I would start with a well supported minimal Linux distro and add what is
> > > needed.
> >
> > i agree with this... not only a well supported distro but one with long term
> > support, too... you do not want a rolling bleeding edge to deal with in addition
> > trying to stay up on network security...
> >
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