snort Alternatives for Linux

There are many alternatives to snort for Linux if you are looking for a replacement. The best Linux alternative is Suricata, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 10 alternatives to snort and seven of them are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to snort are Arkime, Maltrail, ntopng and cvechecker.

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  1. Suricata icon
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    Suricata is a high performance Network IDS, IPS and Network Security Monitoring engine. Open Source and owned by a community run non-profit foundation, the Open Information Security Foundation (OISF). Suricata is developed by the OISF and its supporting vendors.

    7 Suricata alternatives

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • FreeBSD
     
  2. Arkime icon
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    Moloch augments your current security infrastructure to store and index network traffic in standard PCAP format, providing fast, indexed access. An intuitive and simple web interface is provided for PCAP browsing, searching, and exporting.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
     
  3. Maltrail icon
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    Maltrail is a malicious traffic detection system, utilizing publicly available (black)lists containing malicious and/or generally suspicious trails, along with static trails compiled from various AV reports and custom user defined lists, where trail can be anything from domain...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
     
  4. ntopng icon
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    ntopng is the next generation version of the original ntop, a network traffic probe that monitors network usage. ntopng is based on libpcap and it has been written in a portable way in order to virtually run on every Unix platform, MacOSX and on Windows as well.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  5. The goal of cvechecker is to report about possible vulnerabilities on your system, by scanning the installed software and matching the results with the CVE database. Indeed, this is not a bullet-proof method and you will most likely have many false positives (vulnerability is...

    17 cvechecker alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  6. Zeek icon
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    Zeek is a powerful network analysis framework that is much different from the typical IDS you may know.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  7. Redborder icon
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    redborder is an Open Source, Big Data cybersecurity and traffic analysis platform accompanied by a set of active probes managed in an integrated manner. Can be deployed on-premise or used as a cloud service. Managing SNORT events.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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