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Re: Snort 99% cpu utilization and no process activity
From: Erek Adams <erek () theadamsfamily net>
Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2002 18:46:18 -0700 (PDT)
On Fri, 5 Apr 2002, Mike Ahern wrote:
I have snort version 1.8.4-beta1 (Build 91) running on
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file, and will run at 99% cpu utilization. Running strace on the process reveals no system calls or anything whatsoever (the strace output file shows 0 bytes). Running strace on another process shows normal calls and activity. Anybody seen this before? Is this related to a bug in this version of the software or other factors?
Yep. It's a known issue with the some of the earlier versions of the regex code. Upgrade to 1.8.6 and all _should_ be well. Cheers! ----- Erek Adams Nifty-Type-Guy TheAdamsFamily.Net _______________________________________________ Snort-users mailing list Snort-users () lists sourceforge net Go to this URL to change user options or unsubscribe: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/snort-users Snort-users list archive: http://www.geocrawler.com/redir-sf.php3?list=snort-users
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