# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE: # The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. # Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and # the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. # You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also # customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines. |-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------| snort: snort (Intrusion Detection and Prevention System) snort: snort: Snort is an open source network intrusion detection and prevention snort: system. snort: snort: Snort is capable of performing real-time traffic analysis, alerting, snort: blocking, session sniping, logging, and dropping sessions and packets. snort: It uses a combination of protocol analysis and pattern matching to snort: detect anomalies, misuse and attacks. snort: snort: