Snort alternative

[Mark W. Jeanmougin]

On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 11:58, Luc MAIGNAN <luc.maignan at winxpert.com> wrote:
> as we have to pay to user Snort Rules, is there a free-of-charge NIDS
> available for Linux ?

Check out Suricata:

http://www.openinfosecfoundation.org/index.php/download-suricata

Also, Emerging Threats has free-to-use rules. I believe that
Sourcefire does make their ruleset available at no cost for personal /
educational use.

MJ