SNORT Configuration and Operation Lab

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Part of Network Intrusion Detection · Vulnerability Assessment Analyst Topic: Blue Team

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What you'll do

This lab will provide the student with experience in manually installing Snort and its support software, as well as with configuring Snort to behave as a Network Intrusion Detection System.

Students will create a custom user account and group to run Snort and create/test a custom rule.

⏱ About 60 minutes
Counts towards: Cisco CCNA Cybersecurity (exam 200-201) · CompTIA CySA+ (exam CS0-004)

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