Best Linux Server Distro for a Snort box?
I have been trying to set up a snort box for our office and I was trying to use Ubuntu server as the base. I have had nothing but trouble. I cannot get the snort files and related services installed correctly. I then got to thinking maybe it was Ubuntu that was the problem and not my lack of knowledge.... :-)
Anyone have a better distro for snort?
Answers (2)
I would maybe try using a Red Hat based distro. Maybe a Fedora server-oriented distro. http://www.snort.org/docs This page seems to have information about installing snort on ubuntu server.
Disclaimer: I have never used snort :) But I have worked with ubuntu servers and red hat desktop distros.
I'd probably use CentOS myself. It's based on Red Hat.
There are also a few distros that have Snort built in:
http://www.skynet-solutions.net/About-EasyIDS
http://securityonion.blogspot.com/
