Posted: Fri May 14, 2004 9:52 pm Post subject: Macintosh Intrusion Detection Systems
Recently I've been having some problems with a hacker. First they used a Trojan horse in my browser to view all of websites I have been visiting. Basically, I dumped my computer, started over, and bought a firewall and some anti-spam software to try and stop hidden files from coming in. Recently, I've had the impression that this hacker is able to either receive my emails or recieve the emails that I send out. You can understand my concern. I started researching to figure out what is the best way to track messages leaving my computer. What I found was a thing called a "Intrusion Detection System" Bascially a firewall protects things from coming in. An Intrusion Detection System detects things going out. Are there any IDS software programs for the Mac OS-X that will help me track outgoing messages from my computer. What I've found is programs such as "Little Snitch" which tracks in-going and out-going messages, also a UNIX program called "Snort". I don't have much experience with UNIX, so I don't even know how to install the program. Any help would great, or advice. Thank you.
"HenWen is a network security package for Mac OS X that makes it easy to configure and run Snort, a free Network Intrusion Detection System (NIDS). HenWen's goal is to simplify setting up and maintaining software that will scan network traffic for undesirable traffic a firewall may not block. Everything you need to have is bundled in; there is no compiling or command line use necessary. "
Joined: 28 Feb 2003 Posts: 0 Location: Edinburgh, Scotland
Posted: Wed Jun 23, 2004 2:25 pm Post subject:
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"HenWen is a network security package for Mac OS X that makes it easy to configure and run Snort, a free Network Intrusion Detection System (NIDS). HenWen's goal is to simplify setting up and maintaining software that will scan network traffic for undesirable traffic a firewall may not block. Everything you need to have is bundled in; there is no compiling or command line use necessary. "
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