Re: Nimda specific logging

[Subba Rao <subba9 () home com>]

On  0, "Andrew R. Baker" <andrewb0x29a () yahoo com> wrote:
> By default, your nimba ruletype will be evaluated after all other
> ruletypes unless you change the rule evaluation order by adding an "order"
> directive in the configuration file.  something like:
>
> order: nimda activation dynamic alert log pass
>
> would have your nimda rule evaluated first.
>
> > I am trying to log Nimda specific traffic to a file "nimda.log".
> > In snort.conf, I have defined a new ruletype, which is as follows:
> >
> > ruletype nimda
> > {
> >  type alert
> >  output alert_fast: nimda.log
> > }
> >
> > In my "nimda.rules" file, the rule syntax is as follows:
> >
> > nimda tcp $EXTERNAL_NET 80 -> $HOME_NET any (.......)
> >
> > With this new ruletype, I do not see any nimda specific logging going
> > into the "nimda.log". When I run SnortSnarf on the existing "alert"
> > file,
> > their is mention of the "nimda.rules file" to some alerts.
> >
> > Could someone point out what I am missing for this new ruletype?

My Snort is starting up with the following command line options:

snort -bo -g admin -u admin -i eth2 -t /usr/local/snort -l logs -c etc/test.conf -A fast -z est 

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