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Re: disable spp_portscan2
From: Erek Adams <erek () snort org>
Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2003 11:46:06 -0500 (EST)
On Tue, 18 Mar 2003, John Sage wrote:
Erek, et al: Looking at his syntax for eth0_ADDRESS, HOME_NET, and EXTERNAL_NET, and wondering: 1) what it's intended to do; 2) will it work?
[...snip...]
var eth0_ADDRESS localhost.localdomain var HOME_NET $eth0_ADDRESS var EXTERNAL_NET $HOME_NET
[...snip...] This is just Not A Good Thing(tm). Make life simple: var HOME_NET $eth0_ADDRESS var EXTERNAL_NET !$HOME_NET As it's done above, you're setting EXTERNAL_NET to HOME_NET. That basically turns most rules into "if from this host to this host." Now if that's what is really intended: var HOME_NET $lo0_ADDRESS var EXTERNAL_NET any Is a bit cleaner and easier to follow, IMHO. Cheers! ----- Erek Adams "When things get weird, the weird turn pro." H.S. Thompson ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Does your code think in ink? You could win a Tablet PC. Get a free Tablet PC hat just for playing. What are you waiting for? http://ads.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/redirect.pl?micr5043en _______________________________________________ Snort-users mailing list Snort-users () lists sourceforge net Go to this URL to change user options or unsubscribe: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/snort-users Snort-users list archive: http://www.geocrawler.com/redir-sf.php3?list=snort-users
Current thread:
- Re: disable spp_portscan2, (continued)
- Re: disable spp_portscan2 Erek Adams (Mar 17)
- Re: disable spp_portscan2 John Sage (Mar 18)
- Re: disable spp_portscan2 Xue Wu (Mar 18)
- Re: disable spp_portscan2 Erek Adams (Mar 18)
- Re: disable spp_portscan2 Xue Wu (Mar 18)
- Re: disable spp_portscan2 Erek Adams (Mar 18)
- Re: disable spp_portscan2 Xue Wu (Mar 18)
- Re: disable spp_portscan2 Erek Adams (Mar 18)
- Re: disable spp_portscan2 Xue Wu (Mar 18)
- Re: disable spp_portscan2 Demetri Mouratis (Mar 18)
- Re: disable spp_portscan2 Erek Adams (Mar 18)
- Re: disable spp_portscan2 John Sage (Mar 18)
- Re: disable spp_portscan2 Erek Adams (Mar 18)