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diff --git a/network/snort/README b/network/snort/README deleted file mode 100644 index 52132b6ce9..0000000000 --- a/network/snort/README +++ /dev/null @@ -1,16 +0,0 @@ -Snort is an open source network intrusion detection and prevention system. It -is capable of performing real-time traffic analysis, alerting, blocking and -packet logging on IP networks. It utilizes a combination of protocol analysis -and pattern matchingin order to detect a anomalies, misuse and attacks. -Snort uses a flexible rules language to describe activity that can be considered -malicious or anomalous as well as an analysis engine that incorporates a modular -plugin architecture. Snort is capable of detecting and responding in real-time, -sending alerts, performing session sniping, logging packets, or dropping -sessions/packets when deployed in-line. - -Snort has three primary functional modes. It can be used as a packet sniffer -like tcpdump(1), a packet logger (useful for network traffic debugging, etc), -or as a full blown network intrusion detection and prevention system. - -Note that --libdir seems to be ignored on Slackware64; libraries are installed -to /usr/lib anyway. |