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      pfNeo last edited by

      I want to get the community's advice on the proper way to inspect & capture network activity via pfSense for EXE files downloaded via HTTP. I would like to capture the file download process in order to examine the EXE to check for the legality of the content.

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      • BBcan177
        BBcan177 Moderator last edited by

        There is an IDS package called "Security Onion" which provides full packet capture.

        http://blog.securityonion.net/

        The pfSense Snort package will only alert or block depending on how you set it up. It does not currently have capture capability.

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          pfNeo last edited by

          can a tcpdump file be converted to exe?

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          • BBcan177
            BBcan177 Moderator last edited by

            @pfNeo:

            can a tcpdump file be converted to exe?

            In Security Onion, you can recover files in multiple formats.

            The new pfSense Suricata package also has file capture capability.

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