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From: Merrick, Gary (Gary.Merrickkanisa.com)
Date: Thu Nov 01 2001 - 12:59:39 CST

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    Yes, this is a total newbie question, but I figured this is the right
    place to ask it. What is the purpose of the HOME_NET and EXTERNAL_NET
    variables that are defined in snort.conf? Does it change the formatting
    of the alerts? Or perhaps turn off the scanning of packets originating
    from an internal network? Or something else?

    I would imagine this would be a fairly straightforward process to define
    them if one had an extremely simple network architecture. But my
    ultimate aim is to be able to monitor 3 or 4 networks. In such a case,
    what is considered "home" and what is "external"?

    Any guidance would be much appreciated.

    Gary

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