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Snort, at its heart, is a very complex pattern matcher geared toward detecting pat- terns of network traffic. On any given network, on any given day, Snort can fire thousands of alerts (and that's on ...

Many companies incorporate Snort intrusion detection and prevention capabilities into their network-security products. Sourcefire founder and chief technology officer Martin Roesch owns Snort's ...

Prior to starting Sourcefire, Roesch created Snort in 1998, a free, open-source network intrusion detection system and intrusion prevention system. Snort became one of the most popular intrusion ...