Author : Sameer

Present era is the information age where information is money and its security is the primary concern. If the organization has faster access to accurate and up-to-date information then correct business decisions can be taken in time to achieve business excellence and uphold an edge over competitors. Various kinds of security mechanisms like cryptography, steganography and Intrusion Detection, etc. are extensively employed to keep the information secure and to send it over the network. Out of all the above mentioned available options, Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS)is the most robust one. It is also a secure product that protects the network and system in real time from attacking, and now becomes a hotspot of research in network security domain An IDS is either a hardware or software that monitors real time network traffic in order to detect unsolicited activity and events such as illicit and malevolent traffic, traffic that violates refuge policy, and traffic that violates conventional use policies. One such primary IDS tool is Snort which is also an open source software. It is widely used in the intrusion anticipation and uncovering domain in the world. This paper proposes the idea of using Snort as intrusion and detection system for small scale clients.

Keywords: IDS, firewall, domain ,intrusion, hotspot, prevention, Detection

Article published in International Journal of Current Engineering and Technology, Vol.6, No.3 (June-2016)