On 11/3/05, Timothy A. Holmes <tholmes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi folks: > > I have an odd request - Not odd, but not quite the, IMHO, the best way. > I need to do some sort of scan on an unaddressed sniffing interface on a > SNORT box to test the installation to see if it is all working right. I > have a port scanner on my UBUNTU laptop that I could use if I knew how > to address the port. You need to testy the ability of your IDS to monitor packets. Portscan a non-existant IP address on the same subnet as the monitoring interface. If your IDS detects it you are fine. If not you may need to re-engineer your network to capture the traffic. Next try a real IP and confirm that you capture the traffic. > The management interface on the box (it's a FC4 box) is 192.168.0.28 and > that's eth1 > > The unaddressed port is eth0 on the same box > > Any suggestions would be most welcome > > TIM > > > Timothy A. Holmes > IT Manager / Network Admin / Web Master / Computer Teacher > > Medina Christian Academy > A Higher Standard... > > Jeremiah 33:3 > Jeremiah 29:11 > Esther 4:14 > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > -- Leonard Isham, CISSP Ostendo non ostento.
