Managing Security with Snort & IDS Tools

Appendix B. The Default snort.conf File

#-------------------------------------------------- # http://www.snort.org Snort 2.1.2 Ruleset # Contact: [e-mail] #-------------------------------------------------- # $ Id: snort.conf,v 1.333.2.3 2004/02/25 16:52:51 jh8 Exp $ # ################################################### # This file contains a sample snort configuration. # You can take the following steps to create your own custom configuration: # # 1) Set the network variables for your network # 2) Configure preprocessors # 3) Configure output plugins # 4) Customize your rule set # ################################################### # Step #1: Set the network variables: # # You must change the following variables to reflect your local network. The # variable is currently setup for an RFC 1918 address space. # # You can specify it explicitly as: # # var HOME_NET 10.1.1.0/24 # # or use global variable $<interfacename>_ADDRESS which will be always # initialized to IP address and netmask of the network interface which you run # snort at. Under Windows, this must be specified as # $(<interfacename>_ADDRESS), such as: # $(\Device\Packet_{12345678-90AB-CDEF-1234567890AB}_ADDRESS) # # var HOME_NET $eth0_ADDRESS # # You can specify lists of IP addresses for HOME_NET # by separating the IPs with commas like this: # # var HOME_NET [10.1.1.0/24,192.168.1.0/24] # # MAKE SURE YOU DON'T PLACE ANY SPACES IN YOUR LIST! # # or you can specify the variable to be any IP address ...