Denver Prophit wrote:
>
> aside from snort_inline and fwsnort are there any other apps to proactively
> prevent security hacks, scans, attempts?

Snort is not proactive.

Snort uses rules that are written to protect against known
attacks. It cannot protect against new attacks and is
theerefore totally reactive.

Erik

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