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one box setup

Posted by TCinNC on March 08, 2005 04:34:14

hi

i have one single dedicated web/mail server co-located at a hosting provider. i cannot afford another box there, or a firewall. is it effective (no need to tell me it is not ideal) to install snort on the same machine i intend to protect?

thanks,
TC

Posted by roesch on March 08, 2005 05:58:28

Hi TC,

That should work fine assuming that the services running on the box aren't heavily utilized. Snort will eat up some performance, but it shouldn't be too bad if the box isn't experiencing heavy traffic.

-Marty

Posted by TCinNC on March 08, 2005 06:57:40

Thanks Marty. I am looking forward to learning more about snort.

TC