RE: [Snort-users] RE: Attack on snort running in Public Zone

KS,

Is this is a real solution or just a waste of bandwidth?

Maybe there was a point here I didn't get?

Cheers...

-Michael Steele
--
System Engineer / Security Support Technician
mailto:michaels@winsnort.com
Website: http://www.winsnort.com
Snort: Open Source Network IDS - http://www.snort.org


> -----Original Message-----
> From: snort-users-admin@lists.sourceforge.net [mailto:snort-users-
> admin@lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf Of james
> Sent: Friday, November 14, 2003 4:54 PM
> To: snort-users@lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: Re: [Snort-users] RE: Attack on snort running in Public Zone
>
> Well, don't run in on a OS that can be DoS'ed.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "KS" <kanwaljeet@emind.com>
> To: <snort-users@lists.sourceforge.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2003 8:15 AM
> Subject: [Snort-users] RE: Attack on snort running in Public Zone
>
>
> : Is anyone out there who can help ????????
> :
> :
> : -----Original Message-----
> : From: KS [mailto:kanwaljeet@emind.com]
> : Sent: Monday, November 10, 2003 8:48 PM
> : To: snort-users@lists.sourceforge.net
> : Subject: Attack on snort running in Public Zone
> :
> :
> : Helllo Everybody.
> :
> : I have snort running on win2k and it is working fine so far.I had
> placed
> : it in DMZ to monitor the malicious traffic passing through firewall and
> Now
> : i want to put another snort win2k system in Public zone i.e in between
> my
> : router and firewall so i can know which traffic is actually hitting the
> : outside interface of my firewall.
> : My concern is : Since my snort system ( win2k ) is gonna be on public
> IP
> : address , what will happen if somebody runs a Denial of service attack
> on my
> : snort system itself.
> : How can i be sure that my snort system running on win2k is safe from
> DOS
> : attack ?
> :
> : Thanks
> : KS
> :
>
>
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