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RE: Fatal Error cause snort can not startup


From: "Harper, Patrick" <patrick.harper () phns com>
Date: Mon, 24 May 2004 08:58:02 -0500

# http_inspect: normalize and detect HTTP traffic and protocol anomalies
#
# lots of options available here. See doc/README.http_inspect.
# unicode.map should be wherever your snort.conf lives, or given
# a full path to where snort can find it.
preprocessor http_inspect: global \
    iis_unicode_map unicode.map 1252



 

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From: kinux [mailto:kinux () hknet com] 
Sent: Monday, May 24, 2004 6:46 AM
To: snort-users () lists sourceforge net
Subject: [Snort-users] Fatal Error cause snort can not startup


hi 
 
i installed snort on a freebsd box, it work with mysql, acid, i found
there is an problem in /var/messages which make snort can not work.
What's the problem?? 

May 22 17:38:23 snort /kernel: xl0: promiscuous mode enabled
May 22 17:38:23 snort snort: Initializing daemon mode
May 22 17:38:23 snort snort: PID path stat checked out ok, PID path set
to /var/run/
May 22 17:38:23 snort snort: Writing PID "38172" to file
"/var/run//snort_xl0.pid"
May 22 17:38:23 snort snort: ,-----------[Flow
Config]----------------------
May 22 17:38:23 snort snort: | Stats Interval: 0
May 22 17:38:23 snort snort: | Hash Method: 2
May 22 17:38:23 snort snort: | Memcap: 10485760
May 22 17:38:23 snort snort: | Rows : 4099
May 22 17:38:23 snort snort: | Overhead Bytes: 16400(%0.16)
May 22 17:38:23 snort snort:
`----------------------------------------------
May 22 17:38:23 snort snort: FATAL ERROR:
/usr/local/etc/snort/conf/snort.conf(285) => Invalid file name for IIS
Unicode Map f
ile.
May 22 17:38:23 snort /kernel: xl0: promiscuous mode disabled 

i read this post
http://msgs.securepoint.com/cgi-bin/get/snort-0403/373.html 
then follow it cp Unicode.Map to rules directory, it still not work?? 




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