Learn Snort: Back to basics videos and labs

Snort is happy to launch a new (free!) video training series created by Cisco Talos covering the basic operation of Snort 2 and Snort 3. Currently available topics include installation and configuration, packet capture and logging and rule writing. Users of both Snort 2.9x and Snort 3 can use the included labs to acquire the basic skills and information for quick and easy setup of Snort and start inspecting traffic immediately.

The series is available on the newly revamped Snort Resources page, where you will also find Snort documentation, white papers, and additional tutorials and guides. Currently, the following topics covered in the “Snort 101” videos are:

• Snort Overview - Snort 101
• Snort 2 - Install and Config (with labs)
• Snort 2 - Introduction to Rule Writing
• Snort 3 - Install and Config (with labs)
• Snort 3 - Writing Rules (with labs)
• Snort 3 - Logging (with labs)

The training videos and labs can also be found in a playlist on the Talos YouTube channel, and on the new Resources page here.

Area Under Construction: Snort documentation is getting a facelift

By Kri Dontje.

Changes will be popping up all over Snort.org to bring better support to every aspect of the Snort user experience. What sort of new things are coming?

• Added context information and a new look for Snort rule documentation.
• Reorganized and updated documentation.
• Elasticsearch.
• A surprise of the multi-media variety!
  

As these changes go into effect, Snort.org may experience growing pains. In particular, the search function will be limited for a few days during the change-over. Pardon the inconvenience over the next week or so while we change the Elasticsearch indexes.

After our updates are complete, we’ll keep you posted about the new features and go over where to find them.