Part I: Getting to Know Snort and Intrusion Detection.

Chapter 1: Looking Up Snort’s Nose.

Chapter 2: Fitting In Snort.

Chapter 3: Readying Your Preflight Checklist.

Chapter 4: Makin’ Bacon: Installing Snort for Linux.

Chapter 5: Installing Snort and MySQL for Windows.

Part II: Administering Your Snort Box.

Chapter 6: Snorting Through Logs and Alerts.

Chapter 7: Adding Visuals and Getting Reports.

Chapter 8: Making Your Own Rules.

Chapter 9: What, Me Worry?

Chapter 10: Dealing with the Real Thing.

Part III: Moving Beyond the Basics.

Chapter 11: Reacting in Real Time.

Chapter 12: Keeping Snort Up to Date.

Chapter 13: Filling Your Farm with Pigs.

Chapter 14: Using the Barnyard Output Tool.

Part IV: The Part of Tens.

Chapter 15: Ten Cool Tools for Snort.

Chapter 16: Ten Snort Information Resources.

Appendix A: What’s On the CD-ROM.

Index.