Re: Snort and real-time alerting

["Jeronimo L. Cabral" <jelocabral () gmail com>]

Coming back to real-time monitoring of Snort, my Snort generates a lot
of snort log files under /var/log/snort, they have different names.

What can I do to monitor Snort if the file name changes ???

Thanks

On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 4:40 PM, JJC <cummingsj () gmail com> wrote:
> I understand what you are saying, and in theory it can certainly
> provide some insight into attacks against what it is that "you" are
> "trying" to "protect".. that said.. why are you even allowing mysql
> from the outside in your example, seems like a bad practice in the
> first place, this is the kind of thing that generic firewalls and
> logging thereof are for, no?  That type of thing notwithstanding, if
> you can turn on more rules and look at traffic that may be "real"
> attack traffic against things that "you" "don't" have, and still be
> able to manage your alert volume, then more power to ya, I say if it
> works for you then stick with it.. certainly not my methodology though
> and I don't see how it's scalable in an environment with significant
> traffic volume and a potentially large attack surface.
>
> JJC
>
> On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 10:09 AM, waldo kitty <wkitty42 () windstream net> wrote:
> > On 5/23/2012 15:45, JJC wrote:
> > > Tune that system..
> >
> > agreed...
> >
> > > I can fairly safely assume that if you have 20,000
> > > rules enabled, you are looking for attacks against stuff that you
> > > don't have.
> >
> > that's a bad thing? if "you" attempt to see if "i" have mysql accessible from
> > the outside by trying to throw an attack at it, "i" want you blocked...
> > period... even if "i" never use mysql ever... the same statement applies if
> > "you" throw wordpress hacks at my network and "i'm" not running any dynamic
> > pages at all... or VOIP SIP scans... or SOLARIS telnet buffer overruns... etc...
> >
> > "you" tried something dirty... that's all the proof needed in my book...
> > watching only for traffic that might affect the stuff you do run is allowing a
> > whole mash of other unnecessary traffic into your network that is attempting to
> > attack stuff you don't run... why allow any bad traffic at all? would you like
> > someone to test your house/apartment front door all the time every day to see if
> > it is unlocked or would you do something about it? ;)
> >
> > > JJC
> > >
> > > On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 8:51 AM, Jeronimo L. Cabral
> > > <jelocabral () gmail com>  wrote:
> > > > Something else: suppose I use logsurfer/swatch/logwatch to alert in
> > > > real time the Snorts events. Actually I have near 5 events per minute.
> > > >
> > > > What is the criteria to take just a few number of critical events of
> > > > Snort ??? Because I have 20.000 signatures...
> > > >
> > > > On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 11:40 AM, Jeronimo L. Cabral
> > > > <jelocabral () gmail com>  wrote:
> > > > > What about Swatch ??? Is it more appropriate ???
> > > > >
> > > > > On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 11:13 AM, Lay, James<james.lay () wincofoods com>  wrote:
> > > > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > > > From: Jeronimo L. Cabral [mailto:jelocabral () gmail com]
> > > > > > > Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2012 8:10 AM
> > > > > > > To: snort-users () lists sourceforge net
> > > > > > > Subject: [Snort-users] Snort and real-time alerting
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Dear, I have a Snort 2.9 with Base running OK, but I need a real time
> > > > > > > alerting mechanism via email if possible.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > How can I do that ??? Any extra module to use in that way ???
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Special thanks
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > JeLo
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Log to fast alert then use wots/logsurfer/logwatch to tail/watch the
> > > > > > file and email out.  Assuming linux/BSD/OSX.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > James
> >
> >
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