Command-line tool

snort

brew/snort

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Flexible Network Intrusion Detection System

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Type

Command-line tool

Install on

macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

macOS

brew install snort

Linux

brew install snort

Capture packets with verbose output

sudo snort -v -i interface

Capture packets and dump application layer data with verbose output

sudo snort -vd -i interface

Capture packets and display link layer packet headers with verbose output

sudo snort -ve -i interface

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