Re: Problems running 32 bit snort on a 64 bit linux kernel

[Sudarshan Raghavan <sudarshan.t.raghavan () gmail com>]

No specific reason. I was trying out a few things to familiarize myself with
snort and saw this behavior.

I also noticed that libnetfilter_queue is the replacement for the now
deprecated libipq. Does snort work with libnetfiler_queue?

Regards,
Sudarshan
On 07-Apr-2011 7:37 PM, "Russ Combs" <rcombs () sourcefire com> wrote:
> Looks like an ipq issue. Any reason not to use 64 on 64?
>
> On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 6:36 AM, Sudarshan Raghavan <
> sudarshan.t.raghavan () gmail com> wrote:
>
> > I am trying to get 32 bit snort up and running a 64 bit linux kernel
> > (2.6.33.5). snort starts up fine but, I am seeing an error every time
> > it has to process a packet. The error "Received error message 22" is
> > printed for every packet that is read. If I switch to a 32 bit
> > 2.6.33.5 kernel, I don't see any error and everything works fine. It
> > looks like something is wrong with ipq_read and ipq_message_type
> > returns a NLMSG_ERROR.
> >
> > Just to confirm, I compiled the sample code in ip_queue man page as a
> > 32 bit binary and I am seeing the same error as seen on snort when
> > running on a 64 bit kernel. As expected, the code works fine on a 32
> > bit kernel.
> >
> > Is this the expected behaviour? Should snort be compiled as a 64 bit
> > binary for it work on a 64 bit kernel. Please let me know if you need
> > more information. If this is not a snort issue but a problem with
> > netfilter and libipq, please let me know.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Sudarshan
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