Snort is the world’s most popular Intrusion Detection System/ Intrusion Prevention System (IDS/IPS). Originally developed by Marty Roesch as an open-source project, Snort and its parent, Sourcefire, were acquired by the networking behemoth, Cisco, in 2014.

Every hacker and network engineer should be familiar with Snort. As a hacker, you will need to evade it; as a network engineer, you will need to manage and depend upon it.

To learn the basics of Snort, check out my articles below.