Snort

v2.9.20Cisco / Snort Project

Rule-driven IDS/IPS. Reads rules from a ruleset, matches them against traffic and raises alerts with SID, classification and priority. The range lets you write and test rules against the scenario's captures, so you can see a badly scoped rule flood, and a good one fire exactly once.

Category: Intrusion detection & network monitoring
Package: snort
Runs on: Linux · Windows
Commands: snort

Rules are parsed and evaluated against authored packet fixtures. No interface is placed in promiscuous mode.

Install it

The scripts below install the real Cisco / Snort Project package on your own machine — read them first, and run them somewhere you are allowed to change. Inside the range, one press puts the simulated package on your next machine.

Linux installer (shell script)

install-snort.sh

Windows installer (PowerShell)

Install-snort.ps1

On a range machine

Add it to your kit and every machine you launch comes with it.

On Linux

Debian, Ubuntu, Kali (apt)

Refresh the package lists
```
sudo apt update
```
Install Snort
```
sudo apt install -y snort
```

RHEL, Fedora (dnf)

Install Snort
```
sudo dnf install -y snort
```
Package names drift between distributions; search first if this one misses.

Arch (pacman)

Install Snort
```
sudo pacman -S --noconfirm snort
```

Alpine (apk)

Install Snort
```
sudo apk add snort
```
Package names drift between distributions; search first if this one misses.

Check it worked

Confirm it landed on PATH
```
which snort
```
Check the version
```
snort --version
```
The range reports 2.9.20.

Remove it

Take it off again
```
sudo apt remove --purge snort
```

On Windows

Windows Package Manager (winget)

Search the catalog
```
winget search snort
```
Install Snort
```
winget install --id snort -e
```
Package names drift between distributions; search first if this one misses.

Chocolatey (choco)

Install Snort
```
choco install snort -y
```
Run the shell as administrator.

Check it worked

Confirm it resolves
```
where snort
```
Check the version
```
snort --version
```
The range reports 2.9.20.

Remove it

Take it off again
```
winget uninstall --id snort
```

Inside the range

Tick it on the launch screen
Under Snort's category on the advanced tool shelf. A lab that depends on it locks the toggle on and says why.
Or install it from a range terminal
```
sudo apt install -y snort
```
The simulated package manager seeds the same binaries, config and receipt the shelf toggle does.
Everything here is simulated
No software is downloaded and nothing executes — the range answers from authored fixtures.

Labs that use Snort

No lab locks this one on yet — tick it on the launch screen and take it into any scenario.