PFSense Suricata Intrusion Detection and Prevention, Installation Guide

Today we're going to talk about intrusion detection and intrusion prevention systems, commonly referred to as IDS/IPS. We'll be doing so under pfSense using Suricata. We will walk through the entire installation and configuration process and talk about some things you'll need to consider when setting up your own Suricata.

Chapters:
00:00 Introduction to IDS/IPS
01:18 Preparing to Install
02:16 Install Suricata Package
02:39 Global Config & Rules
05:08 Adding an Interface
08:00 Rule Set Configuration
11:27 Starting Suricata
12:06 Inter-VLAN Overhead
13:24 Reviewing & Testing Alerts
16:05 Using SID Management
20:08 Enabling Blocking/Dropping
20:40 Inline vs Legacy Modes
25:30 VLAN Hardware Offloading
27:37 Inline Alerts & Drops
31:50 Thoughts & Conclusions

Contact Info:
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