Key features
Suricata is not just another it is far more than typical IPS/IDS. Faster, better than snort, can handle large traffic and works seamlessly. It has all features of IDS/IPS. Unlike snort it can run on windows,mac and linux which makes it better alternative and cross platform compatible.
Suricata powerful, flexible and best at its work
- Suricata support multi-threading taking advantage of multi-core processor for better performance and scalability.
- Capable of analyzing network in real-time and detecting suspicious behavior.
- The engine also has capability to extract file from network traffic.
- Flow bit support for more complex and context aware rule matching.
- Suricata can inspect and analyze HTTP and TLS traffic.
- Support for both IPv4 and IPv6.
- Allow you to use Emerging Threats Open ruleset, and community driven ruleset that help detecting new and evolving threats.
Use cases
- Vulnerability scanning
- Protocol analysis
- Malware detection
- Forensic ...and much more.