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Re: Remove Home_NET from EXTERNAL_NET any


From: DThomaz () flowserve com
Date: Wed, 3 Jul 2002 12:01:34 -0600




On Wed, 3 Jul 2002 DThomaz () flowserve com wrote:


How about removing  and address from the rule.

alert icmp $EXTERNAL_NET!172.20.11.3 any -> $HOME_NET any (msg:"MISC
Large
ICMP Packet"; dsize: >800; reference:arachnids,246;
classtype:bad-unknown;
sid:499; rev:1;)

I do not want to see alerts from 172.20.11.3, should I edit at the rule
or
at the snort.conf?
When I remove from the rule I get this error running snort

Jul  3 11:16:40 ormnm9 snort: FATAL ERROR: ERROR /etc/snort//misc.rules
(7)
=> Rule netmask (16!172.20.11.3/30) didn't x-late, WTF?


Nope.  Wrong syntax.  Have a look at:

     http://www.snort.org/docs/writing_rules/chap2.html#tth_sEc2.2.3


From what I'm reading, your question has changed a bit.  Now you're wanting
to
'ignore' a host and/or type of traffic from that host, but no others.  If
that's correct, then have a look at this:

     http://www.theadamsfamily.net/~erek/snort/ignore.txt

If I'm on wrong...  *shrug*  Guess that would be a penalty drink[0] for me.
:)

-----
Erek Adams
Nifty-Type-Guy
TheAdamsFamily.Net


[0]  http://www.theadamsfamily.net/~erek/snort/drinking_game.txt

From erek () theadamsfamily net Tue Jun 18 11:40:30 2002
Date: Fri, 7 Jun 2002 11:43:18 -0700 (PDT)
From: Erek Adams <erek () theadamsfamily net>
To: Got Snort? <snort-users () lists sourceforge net>
Subject: Ignore Hosts How-To


Ok, you have two basic options on ignoring hosts:

           BPF Filters
           Pass Rules

Both ways provide you with the potential to completely _blind_ your sensor
to
all traffic.  This would be a 'Bad Thing(tm)'.

Here is a basic example of how-to ignore a host with for each method.  Are
they perfect?  No.  Want to improve and/or correct them?  Sure!  Feel free!



To ignore ICMP ECHO-REQUESTS (pings) and ICMP-ECHO REPLY's (ping reply)
from
host <foo> using BPF:

           not ( (icmp[0] = 8 or icmp[0] = 0) and host <foo> )

To ignore ALL ICMP traffic from host <foo> using a pass rule:

           pass icmp <foo> any -> $HOME_NET any

And you _MUST_ start snort with the '-o' parameter for the pass rule to
work
correctly.

Anyone else got a better rule and/or filter?

-----
Erek Adams
Nifty-Type-Guy
TheAdamsFamily.Net

Erek,

If I want to use the pass rule, where do I have to add it? What is BPF?

Thanks,

David



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