SNORT-STAT(8) BSD System Manager’s Manual SNORT-STAT(8)
NAME
snort-stat — generates statistic of scans detected by snort
SYNOPSIS
cat /var/log/auth.log | /usr/sbin/snort-stat
DESCRIPTION
snort-stat is a small script that generates a nice statistic on the port scans that were detected by snort and reported via /var/log/snort/alert . The output of this script is mailed to the user confgured in the /etc/snort/snort.debian.conf configuration file. The cron script /etc/cron.daily/5snort uses this script.
SEE ALSO
AUTHORS
The script is mostly based on the snort-stat from Yen-Ming Chen <chenym+ AT CMU DOT EDU>. The hostname resolving, the big shrinkage and this manpage were done by Christian Hammers <ch AT debian DOT org>.
Gnu/Linux January 3, 1999 Gnu/Linux