How to install and run the Maltrail detection system on Ubuntu Server 18.04 | Linux Today

How to install and run the Maltrail detection system on Ubuntu Server 18.04

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Jack Wallen Tech Republic
Oct 26, 2018

Maltrail is a malicious traffic detection system that utilizes publicly available blacklists (and other trails from various AV reports and user-defined lists) to help discover unknown threats by monitoring traffic against those lists. Maltrail is run from the command line, but does include a handy (and optional) web interface.

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