Smooth-Sec – IDS/IPS (Intrusion Detection/Prevention System) In A Box

We haven’t written about Smooth-Sec for a while since we first heard about it at v1 in March 2011.

For those who are not familiar, Smooth-Sec is a fully-ready IDS & IPS (Intrusion Detection & Prevention System) Linux distribution based on Debian 7 (wheezy), available for 32 and 64 bit architecture. The distribution includes the latest version of Snorby, Snort, Suricata, PulledPork and Pigsty. An easy setup process allows to deploy a complete IDS/IPS System within minutes, even for security beginners with minimal Linux experience.

• Debian 7 Wheezy based
• 32 and 64 bit iso available. Snorby V 2.6.2
• Snort V 2.9.4.6
• Suricata V 1.4.3
• Pigsty V 0.1.0
• PulledPork V 0.6.1

You can download Smooth Sec here –

32-Bit – smoothsec-3.0-i386.iso
64-Bit – smoothsec-3.0-amd64.iso

Or read more here.