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    Pros and Cons of using Barnyard in SNORT.

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      enivre1717
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      Hi,

      I am new in computer networking. I would like to know what is the Pros and Cons of using Barnyard in SNORT?

      Thanks in advance.

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        fragged
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        You can do a Google search to find out.

        Pros:

        • You can send Snort alerts to a 3rd party software to analyze them

        Cons:

        • You need to set it up?
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          enivre1717
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          Thanks Fragged for your reply.

          I can't find it from google. That's why i am posting here. Are you able to find it through google too? If yes, please tell me what is the search term and i will read it myself.

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            fsansfil
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            Well unless you have a log aggregator that you prefer, all info provided from the pfSense or the packages itself is OK.

            F.

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              fragged
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              @enivre1717:

              Because my boss want to know what is the pros and cons of using barnyard in SNORT. I can't find any from google.

              https://github.com/firnsy/barnyard2

              Read the description part.

              Basically you use barnyard2 to send alert and other data to a SQL database and then use something like Snorby (https://snorby.org/) to view that data.

              This isn't really something that you can make a pros/cons list off. It's something you need or don't.

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