Snort

Signature-based intrusion detection engine that runs in passive mode unless started inline with a DAQ.

Provider: default
Kind: Firewall
Category: Security
Official docs: https://docs.snort.org/start/inspection

Properties · 5 set by this component

property	type	values	required	kind default	this component
daqModule · component property	enum	pcap \| afpacket \| nfq \| dump	no	pcap	inherited
defaultAction	enum	allow \| deny	no	—	▸ allow
intrusionPrevention	boolean	—	no	—	▸ false
logging	boolean	—	no	—	▸ true
managed	boolean	—	no	false	▸ false
mode · component property	enum	passive \| read-file \| inline	no	passive	inherited
ruleCount	integer	—	no	—	inherited
ruleSet · component property	enum	community \| registered \| subscriber	no	community	inherited
stateful	boolean	—	no	—	▸ true

Rules that apply · 0

Every rule whose selector covers this component's kind or its category. Whether a rule fires depends on the design: its properties, its edges and its groups.

No rule reads this kind yet. That is a gap, not a guarantee.

Use it in a design

nodes:
  - { id: "snort", component: "snort" }

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Source

1# yaml-language-server: $schema=../../schema/component.schema.json
2# Snort 3: signature-based intrusion detection engine. Per "Reading Traffic", the mode
3# defaults to passive when -Q (inline, DAQ afpacket) is not given, so Snort observes and
4# alerts rather than dropping unless deployed inline. Rule sets are downloaded separately.
5schemaVersion: "1"
6type: "component"
7id: "snort"
8kind: "firewall"
9provider: "default"
10docs: "https://docs.snort.org/start/inspection"
11defaults:
12  managed: false
13  defaultAction: "allow"
14  stateful: true
15  logging: true
16  intrusionPrevention: false
17properties:
18  mode:
19    type: "enum"
20    values: ["passive", "read-file", "inline"]
21    default: "passive"
22  ruleSet:
23    type: "enum"
24    values: ["community", "registered", "subscriber"]
25    default: "community"
26  daqModule:
27    type: "enum"
28    values: ["pcap", "afpacket", "nfq", "dump"]
29    default: "pcap"

The same page as markdown, for an agent: /catalogue/components/snort.md