Re: freebsd/snort 2.9.0.3 daq: how do I verify it is using the ram?

[Michael Scheidell <michael.scheidell () secnap com>]

On 1/29/11 11:09 PM, Michael Altizer wrote:
> The buffer_size variable for the PCAP DAQ module is more of a "best 
> effort" thing than anything else.  I call pcap_set_buffer_size() and 
> then it's up to PCAP's implementation on your system to do its best to 
> try to set aside that much memory for packet buffers if it can.  I 
> honestly don't have experience with the libpcap codepath for FreeBSD, 
> so I don't know if it even tries to use that.  Heads up though, the 
> value is in bytes.  So what you requested was 512kb.
ok, 512mb?

USER    PID %CPU %MEM   VSZ   RSS  TT  STAT STARTED      TIME COMMAND
snort 82516  0.0  3.4 190404 142664  ??  Ss    7:56AM   0:12.63 
/usr/local/bin/snort -dDqI -m 022 -k none --nolock-pidfile --daq pcap 
--daq-var buffer_size=536870912 -c /etc/snort/snort_wan.conf -i untrust0 
-l /var/log/snort_wan -F /etc/snort/snort_wan.bpf

USER   PID %CPU %MEM   VSZ   RSS  TT  STAT STARTED      TIME COMMAND
root 82514  0.0  3.3 184260 137688  ??  Ss    7:56AM   0:09.75 
/usr/local/bin/snort -dDqI -m 022 -k none --nolock-pidfile --daq pcap 
--daq-var buffer_size=536870912 -c /etc/snort/snort_lan.conf -i trust1 
-l /var/log/snort_lan -F /etc/snort/snort_lan.bpf

still, top/ sysctl does't show it using it.

even through, it looks like its all there, and --enable-static-daq was 
used, that is why you don't see daq in the ldd list.

scanner2.secnap.com# snort  -V

   ,,_     -*> Snort! <*-
  o"  )~   Version 2.9.0.3 GRE (Build 98) FreeBSD
   ''''    By Martin Roesch & The Snort Team: 
http://www.snort.org/snort/snort-team
           Copyright (C) 1998-2010 Sourcefire, Inc., et al.
           Using libpcap version 1.1.1
           Using PCRE version: 8.00 2009-10-19
           Using ZLIB version: 1.2.3

scanner2.secnap.com# ldd /usr/local/bin/snort
/usr/local/bin/snort:
    libdnet.1 => /usr/local/lib/libdnet.1 (0x800700000)
    libpcre.so.0 => /usr/local/lib/libpcre.so.0 (0x80080e000)
    libm.so.5 => /lib/libm.so.5 (0x80093e000)
    libsfbpf.so.0 => /usr/local/lib/libsfbpf.so.0 (0x800a58000)
    libpcap.so.1 => /usr/local/lib/libpcap.so.1 (0x800b7b000)
    libz.so.4 => /lib/libz.so.4 (0x800cab000)
    libthr.so.3 => /lib/libthr.so.3 (0x800dbf000)
    libc.so.7 => /lib/libc.so.7 (0x800ed6000)


looks like I will have to parse through the init code and see if there 
is any 'antibsd' ifdef's.


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