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Snort is an open-source network intrusion detection and prevention system (IDS/IPS) that analyzes real-time traffic and logs packets using customizable rules. It can be deployed as a packet sniffer, packet logger, or full network IPS, with rule sets available through a free community edition and a paid subscriber edition maintained by Cisco Talos.
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Snort: A classic, industry-standard lightweight network intrusion detection system.

Snort: A widely deployed Intrusion Detection System (IDS) and Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) that provides real-time network traffic analysis.