RE: Threshold Suppression Not Working

["Ron Jenkins" <rjenkins () dibr net>]

Thanks...

-----Original Message-----
From: Alex Butcher, ISC/ISYS [mailto:Alex.Butcher () bristol ac uk] 
Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2005 2:45 AM
To: Ron Jenkins; snort-users
Subject: Re: [Snort-users] Threshold Suppression Not Working



--On 31 January 2005 11:11 -0600 Ron Jenkins <rjenkins () dibr net> wrote:

> I am trying to suppress the below portscan alerts due to high volumes
of
> alerts:
>   * (portscan) Open Port
>   * (portscan) TCP Portscan
>   * (portscan) UDP Portscan
>   * (portscan) TCP Portsweep
>   * (portscan) UDP Portsweep
>
>
>
> I have added it to the threshold.conf file along with my other working
> alert suppressions.  Below is the format for the above:
>
> *          suppress gen_id 122, sig_id 3
>
> *          suppress gen_id 122, sig_id 19
>   * suppress gen_id 122, sig_id 27
>
>
>
> Thess lines are not working, so I had to disable the preprocessor
within
> snort.conf.

I don't think sfportscan-generated alerts can have threshold rules
applied 
in 2.3.0. I'm going to try fixing this and I'll let the list know how I
get 
on.

> Ron Jenkins (MCNE, CNE6, MCP, CCNA, CCEA)

Best Regards,
Alex.
-- 
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