From: Joel Esler (joel.eslersourcefire.com)
Date: Wed Sep 28 2005 - 14:57:31 CDT

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Snot, IIRC, isn't going to be much use to you now that Snort has
stream tracking. Since Snot's attacks are based off of a general
packet.. (no flow being established).. I don't think it will work.

Try out a vulnerability assessment tool like Nessus.

joel

On Sep 28, 2005, at 3:46 PM, James B Horwath wrote:

> I am in the process of studying for the GCIA second exam which covers
> snort setup and use. I have been reading the mailing list, snort
> documentation and playing with a small controlled snort setup.
> Although
> RTFM is great, I learn better by actually doing hands on things. I am
> using a packet crafting tool like hping2 to watch and learn how snort
> works. I have been reading about tools like snot which use the snort
> configuration and build packets based on the configuration. This
> seems
> like an ideal way to learn more about snort behavior. I am having
> trouble
> finding snot, are there any other tools recommended to exercise
> snort and
> learn the what, why's and how. I don't have access to any large
> network
> to try a live implementation, so my small and humble lab is the
> best I
> can do. Any recommendations I would really appreciate.
>
> Regards,
> Jim
>
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