This lab will introduce students to the Linux Network Security Toolkit (NST),  a suite of open-source tools for network traffic analysis, intrusion detection, and packet generation.  NST targets security professionals and network administrators, offering tools primarily drawn from the "Top 125 Security Tools" list by INSECURE.ORG,

NST's key feature is a Web User Interface (WUI) for management.  The WUI provides a graphical interface for  configuring of the tools in NST, without requiring extensive command-line expertise.  In this lab students will use the NST WUI to configure SNORT, a network intrusion detection system.