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you can complete the security package with nessus security scanner<br />
<a href="http://www.nessus.org/nessus/" rel="ugc">http://www.nessus.org/nessus/</a>
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you can complete the security package with nessus security scanner
http://www.nessus.org/nessus/ [http://www.nessus.org/nessus/]

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Hi 0ren,<br />
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The both software you have mentioned above are open source?. From snort site i am unable to download rules for snort.
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Hi 0ren,

The both software you have mentioned above are open source?. From snort site i am unable to download rules for snort.

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snort is open source.<br />
with nessus im not sure. its free though.<br />
about the rules did you register ?<br />
you have rules for subscribed , registered and unregistered users.<br />
you will need this section<br />
Sourcefire VRT Certified Rules - The Official Snort Ruleset (registered user release) <br />
on this url<br />
<a href="http://www.snort.org/pub-bin/downloads.cgi" rel="ugc">http://www.snort.org/pub-bin/downloads.cgi</a>
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snort is open source.
with nessus im not sure. its free though.
about the rules did you register ?
you have rules for subscribed , registered and unregistered users.
you will need this section
Sourcefire VRT Certified Rules - The Official Snort Ruleset (registered user release)
on this url
http://www.snort.org/pub-bin/downloads.cgi [http://www.snort.org/pub-bin/downloads.cgi]

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I have registerd now. I can able to download rules.<br />
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snort is a network based IDS is correct? Is there any Host based IDS for linux?
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I have registerd now. I can able to download rules.

snort is a network based IDS is correct? Is there any Host based IDS for linux?

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yes it is<br />
for HIDS you can try<br />
<a href="http://www.ossec.net/" rel="ugc">http://www.ossec.net/</a><br />

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yes it is
for HIDS you can try
http://www.ossec.net/ [http://www.ossec.net/]


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I need a best Host based and Network based intrusion detection system software (open source) for linux os.
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I need a best Host based and Network based intrusion detection system software (open source) for linux os.

Best intrusion detection system software for Linux

Linux is a UNIX-like open source operating system with hundreds of distinct distributions, including: Fedora, openSUSE, Ubuntu, Debian, Slackware, Gentoo, CentOS, and Arch Linux. Linux is generally associated with web and database servers, but has become popular in many niche industries and applications.

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