Snort on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Part 3: Installation Prerequisites | Linux Today

Snort on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Part 3: Installation Prerequisites

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Sep 4, 2007

“Snort has a number of prerequisites that you will need to
install depending on how you want to configure it. The most common
is MySQL, though you could also use PostgreSQL if you prefer. Snort
uses MySQL to store events and alerts. If you wish to add a
console, such as BASE, to your Snort installation you will also
need to install PHP, including MySQL integration for PHP and a Web
server like Apache. In this tip, we’re going to use MySQL to store
events…”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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