Re: [Snort-devel] Order of preprocessing...

[Chris Green <cmg () sourcefire com>]

"Ashley Thomas" <athomas () cc gatech edu> writes:

> Hi,
>
> If we have all the following preprocessors turned on, the order in which
> packet will pass through them would be

> From top to bottom in the config file.

> --->frag2--->stream4+--->http decode--->
>       |             |
>       |             +--->telnet decode-->
>       |             |
>       |             +--->rpc decode--->
>       |
>       +-------------------------------> icmp / udp packets
>
>
> This order is important. right ? correct me if i am wrong..

Yes.  There are actually a few streams


[ decodes ] -> detection egine

frag2 -> [ decodes ] -> detection egine

frag2 -> stream4 -> detection engine
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Chris Green <cmg () sourcefire com>
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