This paper describes how to design and implement an intrusion detection module that may be implemented in various courses taught in an information system curriculum and covers the industry-standard Snort Open Source Intrusion Detection System (IDS). This paper proposes that virtualization offers three significant instructional advantages in delivering a rich IDS experience; server independence giving each student control of an IDS configuration; a unique IP address on the "Virtual" network for each server so that students are able to work in teams, including in distance learning situations, and; demonstration of centralized logging as typically deployed in production networks by configuring each virtual machine to send log messages to the instructor's virtual machine.
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