Re: tcpdump script

[Will Metcalf <william.metcalf () gmail com>]

Here is my crappy little perl script to accomplish this, that uses another
crappy little perl script... ;-)...

http://node5.blogspot.com/2009/04/small-update-to-pcapparser.html

Regards,

Will

On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 12:22 PM, Nathaniel Richmond <
nate+snort () richmond-family org <nate%2Bsnort () richmond-family org>> wrote:

> Nigel Houghton wrote:
>
> > Quoting Leon to make it clear what he actually stated:
> >
> > "The method I use is to keep a limited cache of network traffic via
> > tcpdump's ringbuffer mode, a few 100MB of pcap data. When Snort
> > raises
> > an alert, a process automatically kicks off that extracts the
> > session
> > that caused the alert from the ringbuffer and stores it for
> > prosperity."
> >
> > In short, Leon is not using Snort to grab the packets. He is getting
> > full session data for the event and IMNSHO he's doing it elegantly.
> >
> > p.s. *Everyone* should have upgraded to Snort 2.8.4 already, if not,
> > do it now.
>
> Nigel, I understand. I was trying to point out that there can be
> value in capturing more sessions than just the one that triggered
> the alert.
>
> The Snort 2.8.4 upgrade process was relatively painless.
>
>
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