Intrusion and Prevention

Running head : USERADDRESS ASK \ MERGEFORMAT SUBJECT \ Upper \ MERGEFORMAT INTRUSION AND PREVENTION SUBJECT \ MERGEFORMAT Intrusion and Prevention 1 .0Abstract

The wide spread proliferation of Internet Technology has led to the incorporation of Computer in each and every field of life . From education to Business , Information Technology has now become an indispensable element in our life . Computers have reached homes offices , schools and even churches . The wide spread use of computers is accompanied by an exponential growth in e-crimes ,in which unscrupulous elements try to gain access to

other 's computers to steal valuable information like credit card numbers , personal identification codes etc . Owing to this the development and deployment of sophisticated Intrusion detection systems that can detect and thwart such malicious attempts becomes highly important

2 .0 Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS

In to safeguard a computer from being intruded by malicious code System /Network Administrators deploy Intrusion Detection Systems .These systems are nothing but software applications that monitor the inbound Internet packets for malicious or susceptible activity and alert the Administrator whenever such an activity is detected . They often respond to such intrusions by either blocking the source computer from accessing the hosted computer or by restricting the actions of source computer on destination . There are many types of IDS software available in the market and they differ in the way they detect the suspicious activity Examples of IDS include Shadows , Snort , Dragon , RealSecure and NetProwler

3 .0 Snort IDS

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