Who this book is for
This book is for anyone who wants to learn about Snort 3. If you are a beginner to the world of Snort, or if you are someone who has used Snort and would like to learn about its latest version, this book is for you.
We expect that network administrators, security administrators, security consultants, and other security professionals will find this book useful. Those using other intrusion detection systems (IDS) will also gain from this book as it covers the basic inner workings of any IDS. Although there are no prerequisites, basic familiarity with Linux systems and knowledge of basic network packet analysis will be very helpful.