Security sticky discussion thread

[bodhi.zazen]

I would like to use this thread for discussion of the HIDS / NIDS stickies at the top of these forums.

Because I can not keep the stickies updated without assistance and feedback, this thread is intended for people to offer feedback / advice on maintaining the threads.

Please do not use this tread for support questions, start a support thread in the security forums.

[uRock]

Thanks for all of the hard work you have put in here over the past few days.

I noticed today when reinstalling Snort because it wouldn't start that it was not working due to a configuration I had made. When the reinstall failed to start, I went through and commented out my new definition and then it started working.

When at first it wouldn't work upon reinstall I filed a bug report and there were many of the same report. So, that said, this may be helpful for someone having startup issues, provided that they have added some definitions

[Rubi1200]

I, too, would like to add my thanks for all the hard work you have put into this; kudos!

The stickies are concise and clear, with enough information to do more research.

The information on checking logs and commonly used commands are particularly useful for someone like me; a Linux beginner.

May I make one suggestion?

Perhaps it might be useful to add in a link to the man pages for the commands so that people can see what parameters could be used.

I have found these sites to be useful:

http://www.linuxmanpages.com/

http://www.oreillynet.com/linux/cmd/

Thanks!

[bodhi.zazen]

I, too, would like to add my thanks for all the hard work you have put into this; kudos!

The stickies are concise and clear, with enough information to do more research.

The information on checking logs and commonly used commands are particularly useful for someone like me; a Linux beginner.

May I make one suggestion?

Perhaps it might be useful to add in a link to the man pages for the commands so that people can see what parameters could be used.

I have found these sites to be useful:

http://www.linuxmanpages.com/

http://www.oreillynet.com/linux/cmd/

Thanks!

You are most welcome.

For the man pages see:

http://manpages.ubuntu.com/

There is an option to install a search engine, which will allow you to search the Ubuntu man pages from any (most) browser(s).

[lisati]

I would like to use this thread for discussion of the HIDS / NIDS stickies at the top of these forums.

Because I can not keep the stickies updated without assistance and feedback, this thread is intended for people to offer feedback / advice on maintaining the threads.

Please do not use this tread for support questions, start a support thread in the security forums.

Kudos to you: I noticed your work as you were updating the stickies, it must be time for a well-earned break!