# # please see README # Quick order to set up your system: extract this tar.gz into /usr/local/snort ### getting the newest snort ./setup-snort cd snort-snapshot ./configure make;make install ### setting up logging ./setup-logging (restart syslogd now) ### update the ruleset ./update-rules (edit snort.conf and add yoru own IP addresses - comment out unwanted rules, etc.) ### change modes on all files to be owner=nobody group=nobody chown -R nobody:nobody /usr/local/snort ### start snort ./startsnort ### stop snort ./stopsnort