2005/05/30 HenWen (Snort for Mac OS X)
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There's no reason that you can't just download and installSnort on Mac OS X. But if you don't want to install the development system,or never seem to have luck compiling from source,HenWenis a Mac GUI front end. As HenWen also includes a snort binary,you could also install HenWen just to get that and throw the rest of itaway.
The GUI interface does have it's attractions, though. It's mucheasier to turn rules on and off with a click than to hunt them downin the /etc/snort/rules directory. It actually just presentsthe rules in the sections as they actuallyare in /HenWen.app/Contents/Resources/rules,and doesn't give you access to individual lines.. You canadd new rules easily enough, although you don't really write themhere: you point HenWen at a text file you have created by some othermeans. Writing Snort rules is not the easiest task, and requiresdetailed knowledge of the protocols you are trying to watch, aswell as knowledge of Snort's rule keywords and arguments. For mostof us, that means we probably downloaded a rule someone elsewrote. We'd then point HenWen at it.
For real-time alerts, HenWen includes an applicationcalled LetterStick, which normally runs as a daemon and appearsas a small icon in your menu bar. If Snort triggers an alert, andHenWen is configured to log to LetterStick, an alert box willpop up on your console. It helpfully includes a 'What's This?'button which will take you to a Snort page that explainswhat the alert may mean.
If you just want to use snort directly, copy the binary from/Applications/HenWen.app/Contents and use it directly. Snortisn't particularly difficult to use - HenWen doesn't installa man page but there are plenty of on-line resources at http://www.snort.org if you prefer more direct control.
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About the App
- App name: snort
- App description: Flexible Network Intrusion Detection System
- App website: https://www.snort.org
Install the App
Snort Machine Learning
- Press
Command+Space
and type Terminal and press enter/return key. - Run in Terminal app:
ruby -e '$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)' < /dev/null 2> /dev/null
and press enter/return key.
If the screen prompts you to enter a password, please enter your Mac's user password to continue. When you type the password, it won't be displayed on screen, but the system would accept it. So just type your password and press ENTER/RETURN key. Then wait for the command to finish. - Run:
brew install snort
Snort Rule For Mac
Done! You can now use
snort
.