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- Snort
- An open source network intrusion detection system NIDS that is noted for its effectiveness. Developed by Martin Roesch, Snort can also be used just as a packet logger or...
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- Snort (gz)
- Snort is an open source network intrusion prevention and detection system utilizing a rule-driven language, which combines the benefits of signature, protocol and anomaly based inspection methods. With millions of downloads to date, Snort is the most widely deployed intrusion detection and prevention technology worldwide and has become the de...
- Tags: Sourcefire Inc., Snort, Intrusion Prevention, Security
- Software downloads 2007-04-28
- Can Sourcefire monetize Snort?
- Can Sourcefire monetize Snort?Can you give us something besides the S-1GuysVery disappointed you did not give us anything other than S-1 information. Did you bother to look what Sourcefire is doing to monetize this? Look at the VRT rules for example. The article reads like you never...
- Tags: Sourcefire Inc., S-1, Snort
- Discussion threads 2007-03-07
- Can Sourcefire monetize Snort?
- Network intrusion detection company Sourcefire faces a number of challenges but one of its biggest may be making a buck from an open source security project dubbed Snort. Sourcefire is expected to launch an initial public offering this week with shares...
- Tags: General, Software Infrastructure, Security
- Blog posts 2007-03-06
- SourceFire fids funding after sale was scuttled
- In March a $255 million deal between SourceFire, which developed the open source program Snort - intrusion-detection sofware widely used in the defense community, and the Israeli company CheckPoint was scuttled in the wake of concerns over foreign ownership of sensitive US companies. Now the Washington Post reports, SourceFire...
- Tags: Snort, Sourcefire Inc.
- Blog posts 2006-05-30
- U.S. says no to Sourcefire/Snort deal
- Today, the U.S. government nixed the $225 million acquisition of Sourcefire by Check Point Software Technologies, an Israeli security software company. In the wake the Dubai port deal, deals with foreign entities are receiving added scrutiny from the Committee on Foreign Investment. The Washington Post reports that Sourcefire, based in...
- Tags: Sourcefire Inc.
- Blog posts 2006-03-24
- Does Sourcefire investigation reflect lack of understanding of open source?
- Yesterday, the Committee on Foreign Investments in the United States announced it was investigating the acquisition of a small American company - Sourcefire - by the Israeli company CheckPoint. The concern is nominally that Sourcefire has a number of sensitive defense and government contracts. But the real concern has...
- Tags: Snort, Sourcefire Inc.
- Blog posts 2006-03-03
- Defense worried about Israeli acquisition of SourceFire
- United Arab Emirates control of US ports is not the only deal with national security implications facing scrutiny. The administration group that's doing a 45-day review of the ports deal is also looking at the sale of a small US company to Israel's Check Point, AP reports. Defense...
- Tags: Snort, Sourcefire Inc.
- Blog posts 2006-03-02
Additional Resources
- Astroturfing, sockpuppets, and SCO
- Astroturfing, sockpuppets, and SCOMisplaced sympathySeveral years ago, someone where I was working a Unix house was lemanting about how Microsoft had treated poor IBM. At the time IBM's profit was bigger than MSs turnover. As if IBM could not look after itself after 90 years!Many have willingly taken adopted Google...
- Tags: Sort-of, Sarah Palin, Astroturfing, SCO Group Inc., Internet
- Discussion threads 2008-09-25
- Coal's outspoken enemy and his uphill battle
- Coal's outspoken enemy and his uphill battleMore FB-SMore faith Based Science. Explain exactly how this is a problem when the average temperature hasn't increased in the last decade and the polar icecap was 10% larger in 2007 than in 2006.Coldest summer in Alaska, on Record?James Hansen would prefer us all...
- Tags: global warming, coal, outspoken enemy
- Discussion threads 2008-09-09
- OpenVAS emerges as free alternative to Nessus
- A new open-source project called OpenVAS has emerged to take the place of Nessus, the popular vulnerability assessment system that closed its source a few years ago. The first stable version of OpenVAS, which is a fork of Nessus 2.2, was released this week featuring a server,...
- Tags: Network, Vulnerability Assessment, OpenVAS, OpenVAS-Client, Tests, Networking, Security, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-08-15
- Should colleges really teach hacking?
- Should colleges really teach hacking?Bartending SchoolIn the mid-70's I took one of those vocational courses you see advertised on late-night TV: "Learn to be a Bartender in One Week". Although I never used it (I went at night, which takes 2 weeks and over the weekend I got my...
- Tags: Food & Beverage, SECURITY, Cyberthreats, Tools & Techniques, beverage, hacking, chemistry
- Discussion threads 2008-08-05
- Activeworx Snort Management Center (SMC) (zip)
- Activeworx SMC is designed as a cost effective and user-friendly solution to manage and monitor all Snort events. SMC also keeps Snort policies and rules up-to-date on all sensors. SMC's centralized management console for Snort provides all the tools necessary for an IDS administrator to focus on quickly identifying and...
- Tags: Snort, CrossTec Corp., Activeworx Snort Management Center, Snort Management Center, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software
- Software downloads 2008-08-04
- My Awesome IT Job: Senior security engineer, VoIP carrier
- Hey, we all complain about work from time to time; we've all had lousy jobs. But before you call it a day and head off to the support group that meets at the bar, here are a few words from IT pros that love their work. "I...
- Tags: Network, Information Technology, Hobby, Telephony, VOIP, Telecommunications, Security, Networking, Deb Perelman
- Blog posts 2008-07-18
- News to know: Microsoft; Yahoo; Google; IT contractors
- Notable headlines: Larry Dignan: Microsoft's search plan: It's about semantics and possibly for naught. Dennis Howlett: Powerset's smarts are Microsoft's gain Paul Miller: Powerset really does go to Microsoft... but for how much? Mary Jo Foley: Confirmed: Microsoft buys Powerset natural-language search...
- Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Information Technology, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Team Management, 3G, Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Management, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology
- Blog posts 2008-07-02
- Snort Security Platform (Snort SP) 3.0 beta released
- Congrats to Martin Roesch and crew for delivering the next in a long line of well respected open source security products. From Snort's site: Snort Security Platform SnortSP 3.0 Beta We're pleased to introduce our first beta release built on the new Snort 3.0 architecture. The Snort 3.0...
- Tags: Snort, Beta, SnortSP, Snort 3.0 Architecture, Databases, Networking, Security, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Nathan McFeters
- Blog posts 2008-07-01
- Demo exploits posted for unpatched MS Word vulnerability
- A security researcher has released demo exploits for what appears to be a critical -- unpatched -- memory corruption vulnerability affecting the ubiquitous Microsoft Word software program. The proof-of-concept exploits accompany a warning that the flaw affects Microsoft Office 2000 and Microsoft Office 2003. In addition to...
- Tags: Vulnerability, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Word, Word Processors, Microsoft Office, Security, Office Suites, Software, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-06-23
- Free Sourcefire tool pinpoints hostile MS Office files
- Free Sourcefire tool pinpoints hostile MS Office filesGreat... more antivirus...Just what we need, another anti-virus.
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Sourcefire Inc., Microsoft Office, tool, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-06-23
- News to Know: Googlenomics; Windows Mobile 7 phones; Broadband hell
- Notable headlines: Ryan Naraine: Free Sourcefire tool pinpoints hostile MS Office files Apple security team finds code execution holes in Ruby Google using invalid security certificate Dancho Danchev: Phishers targeting Facebook users, fake logins...
- Tags: Security, Google Inc., Phone, Hewlett-Packard Co., Microsoft Windows Mobile, Information Technology, Broadband, Microsoft Corp., Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Microsoft Windows, Data Centers, Virtualization, Telecom & Utilities, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Operating Systems, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, David Grober
- Blog posts 2008-06-23
- Free Sourcefire tool pinpoints hostile MS Office files
- Sourcefire, the company behind the popular Snort intrusion detection system, has released a freeware utility to help identify potentially threatening Microsoft Office files. The tool, called OfficeCat, can be used to process Microsoft Office documents -- Word, PowerPoint, Excel and Publisher -- determine if possible exploit conditions...
- Tags: Sourcefire Inc., Vulnerability, Microsoft Corp., Tool, OfficeCat, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Word, Security, Office Suites, Software, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-06-20
- Enabling the High-Performance Next Generation Firewall
- The traditional practice of deploying an ever-increasing number of appliances and applications to combat increasing security risks creates an infrastructure that is too complex, costly, and slow to react to new threats. Nowadays, enterprises managers want to move to a new kind of virtualized security architecture that supports the requirements...
- Tags: Crossbeam Systems, Firewall, High-performance, Leadership, Security, Management
- White papers 2008-04-04
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