Install Snort IDS in Windows In this article, we are going to install Snort on windows, perform basic configuration then add snort rules. Snort can also be configured as an intrusion prevention system, but in our case, we will just configure snort as an IDS. Carry out the following steps Download and install Snort and Winpcap Download snort rules Configure snort.conf file Run snort that displays alert on console Run snort that saves alert to a file ============================================================= Step 1: Note: Install snort and winpcap as an administrator. Download winpcap https://www.winpcap.org/ and install it as an administrator, just let it install with default settings. Restart your computer. Download snort installer exe at https://www.snort.org/downloads and install it as an administrator, just choose defaults configuration where you only have to click “I Agree”, “Next” , “Next” , “Next”, “Close” and “Ok”. ==============
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