Re: what does this mean?

[Markus Lude <markus.lude () gmx de>]

On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 02:12:40PM -0500, waldo kitty wrote:
> On 1/20/2011 13:42, Weir, Jason wrote:
> > Running on windows without WinPCAP installed?
>
> good guess... but the platform is a custom linux platform... this is the first 
> time i've seen this error reported since 2.8.6.0 was released for public 
> consumption and this with several hundred thousand installs ;)
>
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: waldo kitty [mailto:wkitty42 () windstream net]
> > > Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2011 1:30 PM
> > > To: snort-users () lists sourceforge net
> > > Subject: [Snort-users] what does this mean?
> > >
> > >
> > > i'm trying to assist someone in another forum with several
> > > problems... one of
> > > their reports is they are getting the following...
> > >
> > > ERROR: Bpf compilation failed: syntax error.  PCAP filter: stop.
> > >
> > > what does it mean? they report that they are using snort
> > > 2.8.6.0... would it be
> > > something in the snort.conf or possibly the threshold.conf file?

syntax error in the bpf stuff

Error may be in the command line or maybe in a file if -F is used.

How is snort started? Full command...

Regards,
Markus


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