Re: Ignoring Alerts

[Joel Esler <joel.esler () sourcefire com>]

BPF filters are definitely more efficient for the Snort engine than  
pass rules.  Do you not want to use BPF filters?


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On Mar 27, 2007, at 7:44 AM, Loula Alexsander-WAL010 wrote:

> Hi Folks,
>
> I'm trying to ignore alerts from some hosts using Pass Rules. I put  
> in my snort.conf:
> pass tcp [10.1.1.0/24,192.168.1.0/24] any -> any any
>
> I repeated this for icmp, udp and ip, I run Snort with "-o" option  
> to change test order for pass|alert|log, but unfortunately this is  
> not working.
>
> When I use BPF Filter works well: snort... not host...
>
> My Snort is 2.6.1.3 running on a Debian system.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Regards,
> Alex
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