Re: Snort

["Alex Butcher, ISC/ISYS" <Alex.Butcher () bristol ac uk>]

--On 27 September 2004 14:09 -0700 Jeremy Gonzales <jerdgonzales () yahoo com> 
wrote:

> Does anyone have experience with snort reports? How do
> you deal with the loads of information? Is there a way
> to  generate reports that eliminate the false
> positives? Any help will be appreciated.

1) Tune your rules to eliminate false positives
2) Tune classification of rules (e.g. add new, more specific, 
classifications and use them appropriately)
3) Tune priority of classifications
4) Only report on priority 1 events.

Oinkmaster is useful for part 3, as you can use modifysid to change the 
classtype based on part of the message (e.g. 'P2P' or 'CHAT').

> Thanks,
> Jeremy.

Best Regards,
Alex.
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Alex Butcher: Security & Integrity, Personal Computer Systems Group
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