Snort®
The de facto standard for Intrusion Detection and
Prevention
The Snort® open source intrusion detection and prevention
technology was created in 1998 by Martin Roesch, the founder of
Sourcefire®. Snort uses a rule-driven language which combines the
benefits of signature, protocol and anomaly-based inspection
methods. With its dramatic speed, power and performance, Snort
quickly gained momentum. With more than 3.7 million downloads to
date, Snort has become the single most widely deployed intrusion
detection and prevention technology in the world.
The wide availability of open source Snort brings many
advantages.
- Because the source code is open, development can occur at a
markedly accelerated pace compared to proprietary models
- A vast community of security experts that continually reviews,
tests, and proposes improvements to the code
- Security engineers and specialists the world over write Snort
rules for new and evolving threats every hour of the day, often in
record time.
