Re: Snort not capturing data

[Ravi Verma <ravi.verma () telecommand com>]

Ciprian,

tcpdump -i  eth0 displays plenty of traffic.

Regards.

Ciprian BADESCU wrote:

> Hi,
>
>  
>
> > Dear Friends:
> >
> > I am new to Snort. I have installed Snort on a Linux machine. I followed
> > the Snort Install Manual by (Saint) Patrick Harper and it was fairly
> > smooth.
> >
> > Unfortunately Snort is not capturing any data.
> >    
>
> Do you have traffic on that interface?
> Have you run "tcpdump -i eth0" to check?
>
>
>  
>
> > When I login into mysql
> > as the snort user, there is 0 records in the events table. I have ACID
> > running and that shows 0 sensor. Though the output from the sensor table
> > in the snort database has the following output.
> > +-----+-------------+-----------+--------+--------+----------+----------
> > +
> > | sid | hostname    | interface | filter | detail | encoding | last_cid
> > |
> > +-----+-------------+-----------+--------+--------+----------+----------
> > +|
> > |   3 | copper:eth0 | eth0      | NULL   |      1 |        0 |        0
> > |
> > +-----+-------------+-----------+--------+--------+----------+----------
> > +
> >
> > I have put the output of the command  "snort -T -c /etc/snort/snort.conf
> > -i eth0 -g snort" and snort.conf file below.
> >
> >
> > I appreciate your help.
> >
> > Running in IDS mode
> > Log directory = /var/log/snort
> >
> > Initializing Network Interface eth0
> > OpenPcap() device eth0 network lookup:
> >        eth0: no IPv4 address assigned
> >
> >        --== Initializing Snort ==--
> > Initializing Output Plugins!
> > Decoding Ethernet on interface eth0
> > Initializing Preprocessors!
> > Initializing Plug-ins!
> > Parsing Rules file /etc/snort/snort.conf
> >
> > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > Initializing rule chains...
> > ,-----------[Flow Config]----------------------
> > | Stats Interval:  0
> > | Hash Method:     2
> > | Memcap:          10485760
> > | Rows  :          4099
> > | Overhead Bytes:  16400(%0.16)
> > `----------------------------------------------
> > No arguments to frag2 directive, setting defaults to:
> >    Fragment timeout: 60 seconds
> >    Fragment memory cap: 4194304 bytes
> >    Fragment min_ttl:   0
> >    Fragment ttl_limit: 5
> >    Fragment Problems: 0
> >    Self preservation threshold: 500
> >    Self preservation period: 90
> >    Suspend threshold: 1000
> >    Suspend period: 30
> > Stream4 config:
> >    Stateful inspection: ACTIVE
> >    Session statistics: INACTIVE
> >    Session timeout: 30 seconds
> >    Session memory cap: 8388608 bytes
> >    State alerts: INACTIVE
> >    Evasion alerts: INACTIVE
> >    Scan alerts: INACTIVE
> >    Log Flushed Streams: INACTIVE
> >    MinTTL: 1
> >    TTL Limit: 5
> >    Async Link: 0
> >    State Protection: 0
> >    Self preservation threshold: 50
> >    Self preservation period: 90
> >    Suspend threshold: 200
> >    Suspend period: 30
> > Stream4_reassemble config:
> >    Server reassembly: INACTIVE
> >    Client reassembly: ACTIVE
> >    Reassembler alerts: ACTIVE
> >    Zero out flushed packets: INACTIVE
> >    flush_data_diff_size: 500
> >    Ports: 21 23 25 53 80 110 111 143 513 1433
> >    Emergency Ports: 21 23 25 53 80 110 111 143 513 1433
> > rpc_decode arguments:
> >    Ports to decode RPC on: 111 32771
> >    alert_fragments: INACTIVE
> >    alert_large_fragments: ACTIVE
> >    alert_incomplete: ACTIVE
> >    alert_multiple_requests: ACTIVE
> > telnet_decode arguments:
> >    Ports to decode telnet on: 21 23 25 119
> > database: compiled support for ( mysql )
> > database: configured to use mysql
> > database:          user = snort
> > database: password is set
> > database: database name = snort
> > database:          host = localhost
> > database:   sensor name = copper:eth0
> > database:     sensor id = 3
> > database: schema version = 106
> > database: using the "log" facility
> > 1864 Snort rules read...
> > 1864 Option Chains linked into 173 Chain Headers
> > 0 Dynamic rules
> > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >
> > Warning: flowbits key 'realplayer.playlist' is checked but not ever set.
> >
> > +-----------------------[thresholding-config]---------------------------
> > -------
> > | memory-cap : 1048576 bytes
> > +-----------------------[thresholding-global]---------------------------
> > -------
> > | none
> > +-----------------------[thresholding-local]----------------------------
> > -------
> > | gen-id=1      sig-id=2523      type=Both       tracking=dst count=10
> > seconds=10
> > | gen-id=1      sig-id=2496      type=Both       tracking=dst count=20
> > seconds=60
> > | gen-id=1      sig-id=2275       type=Threshold tracking=dst count=5
> > seconds=60
> > | gen-id=1      sig-id=2495      type=Both       tracking=dst count=20
> > seconds=60
> > | gen-id=1      sig-id=2494      type=Both       tracking=dst count=20
> > seconds=60
> > +-----------------------[suppression]-----------------------------------
> > -------
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > -------
> > Rule application order: ->activation->dynamic->alert->pass->log
> >
> >        --== Initialization Complete ==--
> >
> > -*> Snort! <*-
> > Version 2.2.0 (Build 30)
> > By Martin Roesch (roesch () sourcefire com, www.snort.org)
> >
> > Snort sucessfully loaded all rules and checked all rule chains!
> > Final Flow Statistics
> > ,----[ FLOWCACHE STATS ]----------
> > Memcap: 10485760 Overhead Bytes 16400 used(%0.156403)/blocks (16400/1)
> > Overhead blocks: 1 Could Hold: (0)
> > IPV4 count: 0 frees: 0 low_time: 0, high_time: 0, diff: 0h:00:00s
> >    finds: 0 reversed: 0(%0.000000)
> >    find_sucess: 0 find_fail: 0 percent_success: (%0.000000) new_flows:
> > 0
> > Snort exiting
> > database: Closing connection to database ""
> >
> > ### snort.conf file ####
> > #--------------------------------------------------
> > #
> > #   http://www.snort.org     Snort 2.1.0 Ruleset
> > #     Contact: snort-sigs () lists sourceforge net
> > #--------------------------------------------------
> > # $Id: snort.conf,v 1.142.2.2 2004/08/05 18:55:37 jhewlett Exp $ #
> > ###################################################
> > # This file contains a sample snort configuration.
> > # You can take the following steps to create your own custom
> > configuration: # #  1) Set the network variables for your network #  2)
> > Configure preprocessors #  3) Configure output plugins #  4) Customize
> > your rule set # ###################################################
> > # Step #1: Set the network variables:
> > #
> > # You must change the following variables to reflect your local network.
> > The # variable is currently setup for an RFC 1918 address space. # # You
> > can specify it explicitly as:
> > #
> > # var HOME_NET 10.1.1.0/24
> > #
> > # or use global variable $<interfacename>_ADDRESS which will be always #
> > initialized to IP address and netmask of the network interface which you
> > run # snort at.  Under Windows, this must be specified as #
> > $(<interfacename>_ADDRESS), such as: #
> > $(\Device\Packet_{12345678-90AB-CDEF-1234567890AB}_ADDRESS)
> > #
> > # var HOME_NET $eth0_ADDRESS
> > #
> > # You can specify lists of IP addresses for HOME_NET
> > # by separating the IPs with commas like this:
> > #
> > # var HOME_NET [10.1.1.0/24,192.168.1.0/24]
> > #
> > # MAKE SURE YOU DON'T PLACE ANY SPACES IN YOUR LIST!
> > #
> > # or you can specify the variable to be any IP address
> > # like this:
> >
> > var HOME_NET any
> >
> > # Set up the external network addresses as well.  A good start may be
> > "any" var EXTERNAL_NET any
> >
> > # Configure your server lists.  This allows snort to only look for
> > attacks to # systems that have a service up.  Why look for HTTP attacks
> > if you are not # running a web server?  This allows quick filtering
> > based on IP addresses # These configurations MUST follow the same
> > configuration scheme as defined # above for $HOME_NET.
> >
> > # List of DNS servers on your network
> > var DNS_SERVERS $HOME_NET
> >
> > # List of SMTP servers on your network
> > var SMTP_SERVERS $HOME_NET
> >
> > # List of web servers on your network
> > var HTTP_SERVERS $HOME_NET
> >
> > # List of sql servers on your network
> > var SQL_SERVERS $HOME_NET
> >
> > # List of telnet servers on your network
> > var TELNET_SERVERS $HOME_NET
> >
> > # List of snmp servers on your network
> > var SNMP_SERVERS $HOME_NET
> >
> > # Configure your service ports.  This allows snort to look for attacks
> > destined # to a specific application only on the ports that application
> > runs on.  For # example, if you run a web server on port 8081, set your
> > HTTP_PORTS variable # like this: # # var HTTP_PORTS 8081 # # Port lists
> > must either be continuous [eg 80:8080], or a single port [eg 80]. # We
> > will adding support for a real list of ports in the future.
> >
> > # Ports you run web servers on
> > #
> > # Please note:  [80,8080] does not work.
> > # If you wish to define multiple HTTP ports,
> > #
> > ## var HTTP_PORTS 80
> > ## include somefile.rules
> > ## var HTTP_PORTS 8080
> > ## include somefile.rules
> > var HTTP_PORTS 80
> >
> > # Ports you want to look for SHELLCODE on.
> > var SHELLCODE_PORTS !80
> >
> > # Ports you do oracle attacks on
> > var ORACLE_PORTS 1521
> >
> > # other variables
> > #
> > # AIM servers.  AOL has a habit of adding new AIM servers, so instead of
> > # modifying the signatures when they do, we add them to this list of
> > servers. var AIM_SERVERS
> > [64.12.24.0/24,64.12.25.0/24,64.12.26.14/24,64.12.28.0/24,64.12.29.0/24,
> > 64.12.161.0/24,64.12.163.0/24,205.188.5.0/24,205.188.9.0/24]
> >
> > # Path to your rules files (this can be a relative path)
> > # Note for Windows users:  You are advised to make this an absolute
> > path, # such as:  c:\snort\rules var RULE_PATH /etc/snort
> >
> > # Configure the snort decoder
> > # ============================
> > #
> > # Snort's decoder will alert on lots of things such as header
> > # truncation or options of unusual length or infrequently used tcp
> > options # # # Stop generic decode events: # # config
> > disable_decode_alerts # # Stop Alerts on experimental TCP options # #
> > config disable_tcpopt_experimental_alerts
> > #
> > # Stop Alerts on obsolete TCP options
> > #
> > # config disable_tcpopt_obsolete_alerts
> > #
> > # Stop Alerts on T/TCP alerts
> > #
> > # In snort 2.0.1 and above, this only alerts when a TCP option is
> > detected # that shows T/TCP being actively used on the network.  If this
> > is normal # behavior for your network, disable the next option. # #
> > config disable_tcpopt_ttcp_alerts # # Stop Alerts on all other TCPOption
> > type events: # # config disable_tcpopt_alerts # # Stop Alerts on invalid
> > ip options # # config disable_ipopt_alerts
> >
> > # Configure the detection engine
> > # ===============================
> > #
> > # Use a different pattern matcher in case you have a machine with very
> > limited # resources: # # config detection: search-method lowmem
> >
> > ###################################################
> > # Step #2: Configure preprocessors
> > #
> > # General configuration for preprocessors is of
> > # the form
> > # preprocessor <name_of_processor>: <configuration_options>
> >
> > # Configure Flow tracking module
> > # -------------------------------
> > #
> > # The Flow tracking module is meant to start unifying the state keeping
> > # mechanisms of snort into a single place. Right now, only a portscan
> > detector # is implemented but in the long term,  many of the stateful
> > subsystems of # snort will be migrated over to becoming flow plugins.
> > This must be enabled # for flow-portscan to work correctly. # # See
> > README.flow for additional information # preprocessor flow:
> > stats_interval 0 hash 2
> >
> > # frag2: IP defragmentation support
> > # -------------------------------
> > # This preprocessor performs IP defragmentation.  This plugin will also
> > detect # people launching fragmentation attacks (usually DoS) against
> > hosts.  No # arguments loads the default configuration of the
> > preprocessor, which is a 60 # second timeout and a 4MB fragment buffer.
> >
> > # The following (comma delimited) options are available for frag2
> > #    timeout [seconds] - sets the number of [seconds] that an unfinished
> >
> > #                        fragment will be kept around waiting for
> > completion,
> > #                        if this time expires the fragment will be
> > flushed
> > #    memcap [bytes] - limit frag2 memory usage to [number] bytes
> > #                      (default:  4194304)
> > #
> > #    min_ttl [number] - minimum ttl to accept
> > #
> > #    ttl_limit [number] - difference of ttl to accept without alerting
> > #                         will cause false positves with router flap
> > #
> > # Frag2 uses Generator ID 113 and uses the following SIDS
> > # for that GID:
> > #  SID     Event description
> > # -----   -------------------
> > #   1       Oversized fragment (reassembled frag > 64k bytes)
> > #   2       Teardrop-type attack
> >
> > preprocessor frag2
> >
> > # stream4: stateful inspection/stream reassembly for Snort
> > #----------------------------------------------------------------------
> > # Use in concert with the -z [all|est] command line switch to defeat
> > stick/snot # against TCP rules.  Also performs full TCP stream
> > reassembly, stateful # inspection of TCP streams, etc.  Can statefully
> > detect various portscan # types, fingerprinting, ECN, etc.
> >
> > # stateful inspection directive
> > # no arguments loads the defaults (timeout 30, memcap 8388608) # options
> > (options are comma delimited):
> > #   detect_scans - stream4 will detect stealth portscans and generate
> > alerts
> > #                  when it sees them when this option is set
> > #   detect_state_problems - detect TCP state problems, this tends to be
> > very
> > #                           noisy because there are a lot of crappy ip
> > stack
> > #                           implementations out there
> > #
> > #   disable_evasion_alerts - turn off the possibly noisy mitigation of
> > #                            overlapping sequences.
> > #
> > #
> > #   min_ttl [number]       - set a minium ttl that snort will accept to
> > #                            stream reassembly
> > #
> > #   ttl_limit [number]     - differential of the initial ttl on a
> > session versus
> > #                             the normal that someone may be playing
> > games.
> > #                             Routing flap may cause lots of false
> > positives.
> > #
> > #   keepstats [machine|binary] - keep session statistics, add "machine"
> > to
> > #                         get them in a flat format for machine reading,
> > add
> > #                         "binary" to get them in a unified binary
> > output
> > #                         format
> > #   noinspect - turn off stateful inspection only
> > #   timeout [number] - set the session timeout counter to [number]
> > seconds,
> > #                      default is 30 seconds
> > #   memcap [number] - limit stream4 memory usage to [number] bytes
> > #   log_flushed_streams - if an event is detected on a stream this
> > option will
> > #                         cause all packets that are stored in the
> > stream4
> > #                         packet buffers to be flushed to disk.  This
> > only
> > #                         works when logging in pcap mode!
> > #
> > # Stream4 uses Generator ID 111 and uses the following SIDS
> > # for that GID:
> > #  SID     Event description
> > # -----   -------------------
> > #   1       Stealth activity
> > #   2       Evasive RST packet
> > #   3       Evasive TCP packet retransmission
> > #   4       TCP Window violation
> > #   5       Data on SYN packet
> > #   6       Stealth scan: full XMAS
> > #   7       Stealth scan: SYN-ACK-PSH-URG
> > #   8       Stealth scan: FIN scan
> > #   9       Stealth scan: NULL scan
> > #   10      Stealth scan: NMAP XMAS scan
> > #   11      Stealth scan: Vecna scan
> > #   12      Stealth scan: NMAP fingerprint scan stateful detect
> > #   13      Stealth scan: SYN-FIN scan
> > #   14      TCP forward overlap
> >
> > preprocessor stream4: disable_evasion_alerts
> >
> > # tcp stream reassembly directive
> > # no arguments loads the default configuration
> > #   Only reassemble the client,
> > #   Only reassemble the default list of ports (See below),
> > #   Give alerts for "bad" streams
> > #
> > # Available options (comma delimited):
> > #   clientonly - reassemble traffic for the client side of a connection
> > only
> > #   serveronly - reassemble traffic for the server side of a connection
> > only
> > #   both - reassemble both sides of a session
> > #   noalerts - turn off alerts from the stream reassembly stage of
> > stream4
> > #   ports [list] - use the space separated list of ports in [list],
> > "all"
> > #                  will turn on reassembly for all ports, "default" will
> > turn
> > #                  on reassembly for ports 21, 23, 25, 53, 80, 143, 110,
> > 111
> > #                  and 513
> >
> > preprocessor stream4_reassemble
> >
> > # http_inspect: normalize and detect HTTP traffic and protocol anomalies
> > # # lots of options available here. See doc/README.http_inspect. #
> > unicode.map should be wherever your snort.conf lives, or given # a full
> > path to where snort can find it. # preprocessor http_inspect: global \
> > #    iis_unicode_map unicode.map 1252
> >
> > # preprocessor http_inspect_server: server default \
> > #    profile all ports { 80 8080 8180 } oversize_dir_length 500
> >
> > #
> > #  Example unqiue server configuration
> > #
> > #preprocessor http_inspect_server: server 1.1.1.1 \
> > #    ports { 80 3128 8080 } \
> > #    flow_depth 0 \
> > #    ascii no \
> > #    double_decode yes \
> > #    non_rfc_char { 0x00 } \
> > #    chunk_length 500000 \
> > #    non_strict \
> > #    oversize_dir_length 300 \
> > #    no_alerts
> >
> >
> > # rpc_decode: normalize RPC traffic
> > # ---------------------------------
> > # RPC may be sent in alternate encodings besides the usual 4-byte
> > encoding # that is used by default. This plugin takes the port numbers
> > that RPC # services are running on as arguments - it is assumed that the
> > given ports # are actually running this type of service. If not, change
> > the ports or turn # it off. # The RPC decode preprocessor uses generator
> > ID 106 # # arguments: space separated list # alert_fragments - alert on
> > any rpc fragmented TCP data # no_alert_multiple_requests - don't alert
> > when >1 rpc query is in a packet # no_alert_large_fragments - don't
> > alert when the fragmented
> > #                            sizes exceed the current packet size
> > # no_alert_incomplete - don't alert when a single segment
> > #                       exceeds the current packet size
> >
> > preprocessor rpc_decode: 111 32771
> >
> > # bo: Back Orifice detector
> > # -------------------------
> > # Detects Back Orifice traffic on the network.  Takes no arguments in
> > 2.0. #
> > # The Back Orifice detector uses Generator ID 105 and uses the
> > # following SIDS for that GID:
> > #  SID     Event description
> > # -----   -------------------
> > #   1       Back Orifice traffic detected
> >
> > preprocessor bo
> >
> > # telnet_decode: Telnet negotiation string normalizer
> > # ---------------------------------------------------
> > # This preprocessor "normalizes" telnet negotiation strings from telnet
> > and ftp # traffic.  It works in much the same way as the http_decode
> > preprocessor, # searching for traffic that breaks up the normal data
> > stream of a protocol and # replacing it with a normalized representation
> > of that traffic so that the # "content" pattern matching keyword can
> > work without requiring modifications. # This preprocessor requires no
> > arguments. # Portscan uses Generator ID 109 and does not generate any
> > SID currently.
> >
> > preprocessor telnet_decode
> >
> > # Flow-Portscan: detect a variety of portscans
> > # ---------------------------------------
> > # Note:  The Flow preprocessor (above) must first be enabled for
> > Flow-Portscan to # work. # # This module detects portscans based off of
> > flow creation in the flow # preprocessors.  The goal is to catch
> > one->many hosts and one->many # ports scans. # # Flow-Portscan has
> > numerous options available, please read # README.flow-portscan for help
> > configuring this option.
> >
> > # Flow-Portscan uses Generator ID 121 and uses the following SIDS for
> > that GID:
> > #  SID     Event description
> > # -----   -------------------
> > #   1       flow-portscan: Fixed Scale Scanner Limit Exceeded
> > #   2       flow-portscan: Sliding Scale Scanner Limit Exceeded
> > #   3       flow-portscan: Fixed Scale Talker Limit Exceeded
> > #   4       flow-portscan: Sliding Scale Talker Limit Exceeded
> >
> > # preprocessor flow-portscan: \
> > #       talker-sliding-scale-factor 0.50 \
> > #       talker-fixed-threshold 30 \
> > #       talker-sliding-threshold 30 \
> > #       talker-sliding-window 20 \
> > #       talker-fixed-window 30 \
> > #       scoreboard-rows-talker 30000 \
> > #       server-watchnet [10.2.0.0/30] \
> > #       server-ignore-limit 200 \
> > #       server-rows 65535 \
> > #       server-learning-time 14400 \
> > #       server-scanner-limit 4 \
> > #       scanner-sliding-window 20 \
> > #       scanner-sliding-scale-factor 0.50 \
> > #       scanner-fixed-threshold 15 \
> > #       scanner-sliding-threshold 40 \
> > #       scanner-fixed-window 15 \
> > #       scoreboard-rows-scanner 30000 \
> > #       src-ignore-net [192.168.1.1/32,192.168.0.0/24] \
> > #       dst-ignore-net [10.0.0.0/30] \
> > #       alert-mode once \
> > #       output-mode msg \
> > #       tcp-penalties on
> >
> > # arpspoof
> > #----------------------------------------
> > # Experimental ARP detection code from Jeff Nathan, detects ARP attacks,
> > # unicast ARP requests, and specific ARP mapping monitoring.  To make
> > use of # this preprocessor you must specify the IP and hardware address
> > of hosts on # the same layer 2 segment as you.  Specify one host IP MAC
> > combo per line. # Also takes a "-unicast" option to turn on unicast ARP
> > request detection.
> > # Arpspoof uses Generator ID 112 and uses the following SIDS for that
> > GID:
> >
> > #  SID     Event description
> > # -----   -------------------
> > #   1       Unicast ARP request
> > #   2       Etherframe ARP mismatch (src)
> > #   3       Etherframe ARP mismatch (dst)
> > #   4       ARP cache overwrite attack
> >
> > #preprocessor arpspoof
> > #preprocessor arpspoof_detect_host: 192.168.40.1 f0:0f:00:f0:0f:00
> >
> >
> > # Performance Statistics
> > # ----------------------
> > # Documentation for this is provided in the Snort Manual.  You should
> > read it. # It is included in the release distribution as
> > doc/snort_manual.pdf #
> > # preprocessor perfmonitor: time 300 file /var/snort/snort.stats pktcnt
> > 10000
> >
> > ####################################################################
> > # Step #3: Configure output plugins
> > #
> > # Uncomment and configure the output plugins you decide to use.  General
> > # configuration for output plugins is of the form: # # output
> > <name_of_plugin>: <configuration_options> # # alert_syslog: log alerts
> > to syslog # ----------------------------------
> > # Use one or more syslog facilities as arguments.  Win32 can also
> > optionally # specify a particular hostname/port.  Under Win32, the
> > default hostname is # '127.0.0.1', and the default port is 514. # #
> > [Unix flavours should use this format...] # output alert_syslog:
> > LOG_AUTH LOG_ALERT # # [Win32 can use any of these formats...] # output
> > alert_syslog: LOG_AUTH LOG_ALERT # output alert_syslog: host=hostname,
> > LOG_AUTH LOG_ALERT # output alert_syslog: host=hostname:port, LOG_AUTH
> > LOG_ALERT
> >
> > # log_tcpdump: log packets in binary tcpdump format
> > # -------------------------------------------------
> > # The only argument is the output file name.
> > #
> > output log_tcpdump: tcpdump.log
> >
> > # database: log to a variety of databases
> > # ---------------------------------------
> > # See the README.database file for more information about configuring #
> > and using this plugin. # output database: log, mysql, user=snort
> > password=google dbname=snort host=localhost # output database: alert,
> > postgresql, user=snort dbname=snort # output database: log, odbc,
> > user=snort dbname=snort # output database: log, mssql, dbname=snort
> > user=snort password=test # output database: log, oracle, dbname=snort
> > user=snort password=test
> >
> > # unified: Snort unified binary format alerting and logging
> > # -------------------------------------------------------------
> > # The unified output plugin provides two new formats for logging and
> > generating # alerts from Snort, the "unified" format.  The unified
> > format is a straight # binary format for logging data out of Snort that
> > is designed to be fast and # efficient.  Used with barnyard (the new
> > alert/log processor), most of the # overhead for logging and alerting to
> > various slow storage mechanisms such as # databases or the network can
> > now be avoided.
> > #
> > # Check out the spo_unified.h file for the data formats.
> > #
> > # Two arguments are supported.
> > #    filename - base filename to write to (current time_t is appended)
> > #    limit    - maximum size of spool file in MB (default: 128)
> > #
> > # output alert_unified: filename snort.alert, limit 128
> > # output log_unified: filename snort.log, limit 128
> >
> > # You can optionally define new rule types and associate one or more
> > output # plugins specifically to that type. # # This example will create
> > a type that will log to just tcpdump. # ruletype suspicious # {
> > #   type log
> > #   output log_tcpdump: suspicious.log
> > # }
> > #
> > # EXAMPLE RULE FOR SUSPICIOUS RULETYPE:
> > # suspicious tcp $HOME_NET any -> $HOME_NET 6667 (msg:"Internal IRC
> > Server";) # # This example will create a rule type that will log to
> > syslog and a mysql # database: # ruletype redalert # {
> > #   type alert
> > #   output alert_syslog: LOG_AUTH LOG_ALERT
> > #   output database: log, mysql, user=snort dbname=snort host=localhost
> > # }
> > #
> > # EXAMPLE RULE FOR REDALERT RULETYPE:
> > # redalert tcp $HOME_NET any -> $EXTERNAL_NET 31337 \
> > #   (msg:"Someone is being LEET"; flags:A+;)
> >
> > #
> > # Include classification & priority settings
> > # Note for Windows users:  You are advised to make this an absolute
> > path, # such as:  c:\snort\etc\classification.config
> > #
> >
> > include classification.config
> >
> > #
> > # Include reference systems
> > # Note for Windows users:  You are advised to make this an absolute
> > path, # such as:  c:\snort\etc\reference.config #
> >
> > include reference.config
> >
> > ####################################################################
> > # Step #4: Customize your rule set
> > #
> > # Up to date snort rules are available at http://www.snort.org # # The
> > snort web site has documentation about how to write your own custom
> > snort # rules. # # The rules included with this distribution generate
> > alerts based on on # suspicious activity. Depending on your network
> > environment, your security # policies, and what you consider to be
> > suspicious, some of these rules may # either generate false positives
> > ore may be detecting activity you consider to # be acceptable;
> > therefore, you are encouraged to comment out rules that are # not
> > applicable in your environment. # # The following individuals
> > contributed many of rules in this distribution. # # Credits:
> > #   Ron Gula <rgula () securitywizards com> of Network Security Wizards
> > #   Max Vision <vision () whitehats com>
> > #   Martin Markgraf <martin () mail du gtn com>
> > #   Fyodor Yarochkin <fygrave () tigerteam net>
> > #   Nick Rogness <nick () rapidnet com>
> > #   Jim Forster <jforster () rapidnet com>
> > #   Scott McIntyre <scott () whoi edu>
> > #   Tom Vandepoel <Tom.Vandepoel () ubizen com>
> > #   Brian Caswell <bmc () snort org>
> > #   Zeno <admin () cgisecurity com>
> > #   Ryan Russell <ryan () securityfocus com>
> >
> >
> >
> > #=========================================
> > # Include all relevant rulesets here
> > #
> > # The following rulesets are disabled by default:
> > #
> > #   web-attacks, backdoor, shellcode, policy, porn, info, icmp-info,
> > virus,
> > #   chat, multimedia, and p2p
> > #
> > # These rules are either site policy specific or require tuning in order
> > to not # generate false positive alerts in most enviornments. #
> > # Please read the specific include file for more information and #
> > README.alert_order for how rule ordering affects how alerts are
> > triggered. #=========================================
> >
> > include $RULE_PATH/local.rules
> > include $RULE_PATH/bad-traffic.rules
> > include $RULE_PATH/exploit.rules
> > include $RULE_PATH/scan.rules
> > include $RULE_PATH/finger.rules
> > include $RULE_PATH/ftp.rules
> > include $RULE_PATH/telnet.rules
> > include $RULE_PATH/rpc.rules
> > include $RULE_PATH/rservices.rules
> > include $RULE_PATH/dos.rules
> > include $RULE_PATH/ddos.rules
> > include $RULE_PATH/dns.rules
> > include $RULE_PATH/tftp.rules
> >
> > include $RULE_PATH/web-cgi.rules
> > include $RULE_PATH/web-coldfusion.rules
> > include $RULE_PATH/web-iis.rules
> > include $RULE_PATH/web-frontpage.rules
> > include $RULE_PATH/web-misc.rules
> > include $RULE_PATH/web-client.rules
> > include $RULE_PATH/web-php.rules
> >
> > include $RULE_PATH/sql.rules
> > include $RULE_PATH/x11.rules
> > include $RULE_PATH/icmp.rules
> > include $RULE_PATH/netbios.rules
> > include $RULE_PATH/misc.rules
> > include $RULE_PATH/attack-responses.rules
> > include $RULE_PATH/oracle.rules
> > include $RULE_PATH/mysql.rules
> > include $RULE_PATH/snmp.rules
> >
> > include $RULE_PATH/smtp.rules
> > include $RULE_PATH/imap.rules
> > include $RULE_PATH/pop2.rules
> > include $RULE_PATH/pop3.rules
> >
> > include $RULE_PATH/nntp.rules
> > include $RULE_PATH/other-ids.rules
> > # include $RULE_PATH/web-attacks.rules
> > # include $RULE_PATH/backdoor.rules
> > # include $RULE_PATH/shellcode.rules
> > # include $RULE_PATH/policy.rules
> > # include $RULE_PATH/porn.rules
> > # include $RULE_PATH/info.rules
> > # include $RULE_PATH/icmp-info.rules
> > include $RULE_PATH/virus.rules
> > # include $RULE_PATH/chat.rules
> > # include $RULE_PATH/multimedia.rules
> > # include $RULE_PATH/p2p.rules
> > include $RULE_PATH/experimental.rules
> >
> > # Include any thresholding or suppression commands. See threshold.conf
> > in the # <snort src>/etc directory for details. Commands don't
> > necessarily need to be # contained in this conf, but a separate conf
> > makes it easier to maintain them.
> > # Note for Windows users:  You are advised to make this an absolute
> > path, # such as:  c:\snort\etc\threshold.conf # Uncomment if needed. #
> > include threshold.conf
> >
> >
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