RE: Arghh...how do I stop it doing this!!

["Ed Greshko" <Edward.M.Greshko () syntegra com>]

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> Active System Attack Alerts
> =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
> [**] MISC source port 53 to <1023 [**]
> 05/04-00:04:47.283946 209.235.102.13:53 -> 203.164.xxx.xxx:53
> UDP TTL:237 TOS:0x0 ID:50935 IpLen:20 DgmLen:460 DF
> [**] MISC source port 53 to <1023 [**]
> 05/04-00:04:47.542673 209.235.102.12:53 -> 203.164.xxx.xxx:53
> UDP TTL:237 TOS:0x0 ID:21123 IpLen:20 DgmLen:137 DF
>
> [...etc...]
>
> Damn thing seems to read every DNS query _I_ do as a bloody alert
> notable event!!
> ARRGHH!!!

Read the documentation?  :-) :-)

Part of the snort.conf has....

# Define the addresses of DNS servers and other hosts
# if you want to ignore portscan false alarms from them...

Do that and things magically get better.  

I know, I did the same thing earlier today.  :-)

Ed

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