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full tcpdump logging with alerts


From: Ryan.Oliver () pha com au
Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2001 18:44:53 +1000

Greetings all,

I was wondering if it was possible to run snort logging ALL traffic to a 
tcpdump file ( not just alerts ), while logging alerts etc to a 
database/syslog in real time.

I have my snort.conf file setup for output plugins as such

output alert_syslog: LOG_AUTH LOG_ALERT
output log_tcpdump: snort.log
output database: log, mysql, user=snort password=xxxxxxxxx dbname=snort 
host=xxxxxxxx

The reasoning behind wanting to keep full tcpdump logfiles is to be able 
to replay whole sessions when anything unusual happens.

I am trying to avoid running both snort and tcpdump together at once.....
Any ideas appreciated

Best regards
Ryan Oliver

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