Snort by itself doesn't seem to use a lot of CPU. What eats up CPU on my Snort system is the snortsnarf tool that takes the log information and outputs it to HTML reports. A "reasonably fast" system like a Pentium II or higher should work just fine. It's not a memory hog either. If you are building this box put in 128MB since it's cheap right now and you should be fine. Jason -----Original Message----- From: Subba Rao [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, March 23, 2001 4:50 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [techtalk] Snort - Sensor and Analyst console HW config Hello, I have posted the same question to Snort mailing list and did not get a satisfactory answer. I am planning to deploy a Snort IDS for a client of mine. The Internet connection is at 256K to their ISP. What kind of processor and memory would be recommended for a sensor with 4 NICs monitoring about 3 DMZs? There will be only one analysis system. What kind of processor and memory is required on this system? Hopefully someone here has configured HW for Snort in production. Thank you in advance for any input. -- Subba Rao [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.home.net/subba9/ _______________________________________________ techtalk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linux.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/techtalk _______________________________________________ techtalk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linux.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/techtalk
