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RE: unable to wash traffic through rules files
From: "Hicks, John" <JHicks () JUSTICE GC CA>
Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2003 09:37:00 -0500
In rules/netbios.rules, line 8, try changing EXTERNAL_NET to $EXTERNAL_NET. hth, John -----Original Message----- From: don [mailto:bridon304 () rogers com] Sent: Sunday, January 12, 2003 4:25 PM To: snort-users () lists sourceforge net Subject: [Snort-users] unable to wash traffic through rules files I am using snort 1.9.0 and am unable to get it to work pse see the below noted I would be most grateful for any ideas as to what I am doing wrong. I am fully conversant with tcpdump/ethereal and the such but this is stumping me!!! monkeylabs:/home/don/Documents/snort-1.9.0/src # ./snort -dvr /home/don/ch1.capture -A full -c netbios.rules Initializing Output Plugins! Log directory = /var/log/snort TCPDUMP file reading mode. Reading network traffic from "/home/don/ch1.capture" file. snaplen = 65535 --== Initializing Snort ==-- Initializing Preprocessors! Initializing Plug-ins! Parsing Rules file netbios.rules +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Initializing rule chains... ERROR: Unable to open rules file: netbios.rules or ./netbios.rules Fatal Error, Quitting.. monkeylabs:/home/don/Documents/snort-1.9.0/src # ./snort -dvr /home/don/ch1.capture -A full -c /home/don/Documents/snort-1.9.0/rules/netbios.rules Initializing Output Plugins! Log directory = /var/log/snort TCPDUMP file reading mode. Reading network traffic from "/home/don/ch1.capture" file. snaplen = 65535 --== Initializing Snort ==-- Initializing Preprocessors! Initializing Plug-ins! Parsing Rules file /home/don/Documents/snort-1.9.0/rules/netbios.rules +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Initializing rule chains... ERROR => Undefined variable name: (/home/don/Documents/snort-1.9.0/rules/netbios.rules:8): EXTERNAL_NET Fatal Error, Quitting.. monkeylabs:/home/don/Documents/snort-1.9.0/src # ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.NET email is sponsored by: FREE SSL Guide from Thawte are you planning your Web Server Security? Click here to get a FREE Thawte SSL guide and find the answers to all your SSL security issues. http://ads.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/redirect.pl?thaw0026en _______________________________________________ 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 ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.NET email is sponsored by: FREE SSL Guide from Thawte are you planning your Web Server Security? Click here to get a FREE Thawte SSL guide and find the answers to all your SSL security issues. http://ads.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/redirect.pl?thaw0026en _______________________________________________ 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
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- unable to wash traffic through rules files don (Jan 13)
- Re: unable to wash traffic through rules files Erek Adams (Jan 13)
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- RE: unable to wash traffic through rules files Hicks, John (Jan 13)
- RE: unable to wash traffic through rules files Gonzalez, Albert (Jan 13)