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setup c drive, 8000, set d drive for rest in windows setup
Mandatory prerequisites

Only use the support programs included our 'AIO Software Pak'!
Fresh install of Windows 2000/XP/2003
All Service Packs and Patches applied
Hard Drive Partition 'C:/' (System) - Min 5 Gigabytes
Hard Drive Partition 'D:/' (System) - Min 60 Gigabytes
Make SURE the sensor has a Static TCP/IP settings and can get to the Internet
Deactivate any Firewall application on the Windows Intrusion Detection System (WinIDS)!
The new WinIDS sensor MUST be allowed to see ALL the network traffic.
We would strongly suggest that the Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer (MBSA) is used to identify and correct common security miss configurations and resolve each issue prior to starting this install.

Pre-installation Tasks

-Make SURE that 'Internet Information Services' has been removed prior to starting this guide. If your unsure, go into the add/remove programs, select 'add/remove windows components', make SURE the 'Internet Information Services' radio box is unselected, if selected, unselect 'Internet Information Services', and remove the application, and all associated components.

-Edit hosts file 127.0.0.1 winids

Download the 'WinIDS - All In One Software Pak' and extract the contents into the d:\temp folder. Installing the Basic Windows Intrusion Detection System (WinIDS)

Install WinPcap

Navigate to the d:\temp folder, double left-click on the 'WinPcap...' file, left-click 'Next', left-click 'Next', left-click the 'I Agree' button, and left-click the 'Finish' button. Install and configure Snort

Navigate to the d:\temp folder, double left-click on the 'Snort...' file to start the installer, left-click the 'I Agree' button, left-click 'I do not plan to log to a database,...', left-click and check the 'Enable IPv6 support.', left-click 'Next', left-click

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