A Comparison of Intrusion Detection Systems in Home Networks

Abstract: The security in home networks is a growing concern, not in the least due to the increase in connected devices with the Internet of Things (IoT). Different types of Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS’s) exists with various system requirements. This thesis will research and compare two of these, Bro and Snort IDS in order to determine their functionality in a low resource environment such as a Raspberry Pi. In order to measure functionality and performance, several experiments have been conducted such as penetration testing and thorough installation and configuration experiments.