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Re: Is there an acceptable amount of dropped packets for snort?
From: Joel Esler <jesler () sourcefire com>
Date: Mon, 8 Feb 2010 16:07:09 -0500
Andy, Definitely the less packet drops the better. 0 being the optimal number. What output method are you using? By any chance the Database output method? J On Feb 8, 2010, at 3:55 PM, Andy Berryman wrote:
Just wondering if there is a general acceptable amount of dropped packets for snort? Someone told me anything under around 10% would be acceptable. To me that's not right, any dropped packets to me is a big deal. Would this be considered acceptable? My interval for the stats reporting is every 30 seconds. Feb 8 19:30:32 (none) snort[25517]: Pkts Recv: 679621 Feb 8 19:30:32 (none) snort[25517]: Pkts Drop: 3096 Feb 8 19:30:32 (none) snort[25517]: % Dropped: 0.456% 8 19:30:32 (none) snort[25517]: Mbits/Second Feb 8 19:30:32 (none) snort[25517]: ---------------- Feb 8 19:30:32 (none) snort[25517]: Snort: 347.481 Feb 8 19:30:32 (none) snort[25517]: Sniffing: 1509.490 Feb 8 19:30:32 (none) snort[25517]: Combined: 282.460 Feb 8 19:30:32 (none) snort[25517]: uSeconds/Pkt Feb 8 19:30:32 (none) snort[25517]: ---------------- Feb 8 19:30:32 (none) snort[25517]: Snort Setwise Event Stats Feb 8 19:30:32 (none) snort[25517]: ------------------------- Feb 8 19:30:32 (none) snort[25517]: Total Events: 913852 Feb 8 19:30:32 (none) snort[25517]: Qualified Events: 451 Feb 8 19:30:32 (none) snort[25517]: Non-Qualified Events: 913401 Feb 8 19:30:32 (none) snort[25517]: %Qualified Events: 0.0494% Feb 8 19:30:32 (none) snort[25517]: %Non-Qualified Events: 99.9506% Thanks, Andy Berryman ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Planet: dedicated and managed hosting, cloud storage, colocation Stay online with enterprise data centers and the best network in the business Choose flexible plans and management services without long-term contracts Personal 24x7 support from experience hosting pros just a phone call away. http://p.sf.net/sfu/theplanet-com_______________________________________________ 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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- Is there an acceptable amount of dropped packets for snort? Andy Berryman (Feb 08)
- Re: Is there an acceptable amount of dropped packets for snort? Joel Esler (Feb 08)
- Re: Is there an acceptable amount of dropped packets for snort? Andy Berryman (Feb 08)
- Re: Is there an acceptable amount of dropped packets for snort? Joel Esler (Feb 08)
- Re: Is there an acceptable amount of dropped packets for snort? JJ Cummings (Feb 08)
- Re: Is there an acceptable amount of dropped packets for snort? Andy Berryman (Feb 08)
- Re: Is there an acceptable amount of dropped packets for snort? JJ Cummings (Feb 08)
- Re: Is there an acceptable amount of dropped packets for snort? Jason Brvenik (Feb 08)
- Re: Is there an acceptable amount of dropped packets for snort? Randal T. Rioux (Feb 08)
- Re: Is there an acceptable amount of dropped packets for snort? Jason Wallace (Feb 09)
- Re: Is there an acceptable amount of dropped packets for snort? Andy Berryman (Feb 08)
- Re: Is there an acceptable amount of dropped packets for snort? Joel Esler (Feb 08)