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    What packages do you use to secure your network?

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      JustinHoMi
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      Just curious what steps everyone here uses to secure their network.

      Right now I'm using Snort, HAVP, and Country Block. There are a few other packages that I'm considering using (more blacklists), but not sure if they're worth it. As it is now, I get a lot of false positives, but still have plenty of bad traffic (viruses) making it's way through.

      Anyways… how is your network secured?

      Justin

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        XIII
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        Im going to assume just packages on PF as thats all you listed

        Snort- no blocking as on one system it likes to block itself, just lets me know about the malicious traffic
        Squid- speed up Internet, also can prove who did what if accused of something because of the http logs
        Country Block-I block country's I dont like in and out
        Cron- i run clamav, other stuff listed there is standard or required by a package
        dashboard-see everything at a glance
        phpSysInfo- see how components are doing
        nut-so it turns off gracefully
        ntop/darkstat-mostly for statistics and future planning
        nmap-basic scanning from fw, for more basic i use a diff system

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