Re: ERROR: unknown preprocessor "http_decode"

[Erek Adams <erek () snort org>]

On Fri, 16 Jan 2004, Warner Joseph wrote:

> It's been a while since I've had to ask for help here but
> I just upgraded from snort-2.0.5 to v2.1.0 and I'm getting
> this error when I attempt to start snort:
>
> ERROR:  unknown preprocessor "http_decode"
> Fatal Error, Quitting..
>
> If I comment out the whole http_decode preprocessor line in
> my snort.conf then it starts and runs fine.
>
> I'm running snort on FreeBSD so when I upgrade I usually use
> portupgrade to do the upgrade via ports and then edit the
> new copy of snort.conf in /usr/local/share/snort and copy it
> over my old .conf file in /usr/local/etc  I've done it this way
> including manually editing my .rules files for quite some time
> and haven't ever experienced any problems..until now.
>
> Can anyone help?

http_decode has been removed.  Please update your snort.conf to the
version from the <snortdir>/etc/ directory.

Cheers!

-----
Erek Adams

   "When things get weird, the weird turn pro."   H.S. Thompson


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