Re: Web based security monitoring : Why

From: 2Host.com - Robert (admin@-NOSPAM-2host.com)
Date: 10/29/02 

From: "2Host.com - Robert" <admin@-NOSPAM-2host.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2002 02:50:48 -0800

Drew Cutter wrote:
>
> Can someone give a reason why so many security monitoring , IDS , other
> tools (example snort center) is written in php ? Doesn't Java
> accomplish the same thing ? The requirement to use a web server is
> beyond me (apache).

A lot of languages and interfaces can accomplish this. Some are easier
than others, and some are preferred over others. 

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