IDS

[Xsorovan]

Intrusion Detection:
I had a hack attempt on my server (at work) the other night and while I am 98% sure the guy didn't get in, but I'd like something a little more robust that can tell me if something like this happens again.

I know very little about security, and THIS hacker seemed to be not very intelligent, but what about next time?

I'd appreciate any feedback.

 

[nova2]

both are of these are cross platform.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snort_(software)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OSSEC

 

[Nothinman]

Just be aware that an IDS is very much not a set it and forget it type of thing. Deciding what alerts are good and bad and then tuning the rules to weed out future false positives is a PITA.

 

[Xsorovan]

Thanks for the information guys.

 

[JackBurton]

Originally posted by: nova2
both are of these are cross platform.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snort_(software)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OSSEC

Very nice. I'll have to check those out.