Re: Snort not seeing traffic

[Peter Bates <peter.bates () ucl ac uk>]

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1


Hello all

On 29/08/2012 10:24, Pratik Narang wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 8:25 PM, Jeremy Hoel <jthoel () gmail com>
> wrote:
> > All 4 devices are plugged into the same switch and you are 
> > spanning/monitoring the right port on the switch?
>
> "right port"?? not clear to me...

You should have a port for your outbound connection and you should be
spanning or tapping (in other words copying) that port and traffic.

> If I am not wrong, the simple mistake is that I am connected via a 
> switch, and so, all the network traffic is not visible at my 
> interface.

Yes - either switch to a 10/100 Hub (assuming your network connection
is no faster) so you will see all the traffic or look at some of Doug
Burke's suggestions here:
http://code.google.com/p/security-onion/wiki/Hardware

- -- 
Peter Bates
Senior Computer Security Officer    Phone: +44(0)2076792049
Information Services Division       Internal Ext: 32049
University College London
London WC1E 6BT
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v2.0.17 (MingW32)
Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://www.enigmail.net/

iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJQPfhpAAoJELhVoVpEMS6R7rcIAKyunVq/zbM0QqBCfkEW7Evi
c9HJ07Q3F5lAisd2Y8LLVuLBlC96IORsgjWNrXcjqkTTrg/nzQqWv7YMm9+LQEtG
mj6v3WMmEDxRv2KB9Upazs8T+kn69RwKt7TQHZa8wptYUTRkwEBu8uue0bd9L0fv
b2VAeLnNvhQsJGlRXf//+Rzda2jCSEUSGIrq0SSkSVKWbtiu6S7o13iM9i0qqu7w
QyuG1G4vUv3fonSBQ73QueGO14KkdZkuF5UfyYEJuIQjhx1ExtJyByW4q1gOBet1
Jk9Ic2+ea7YZAy8vUZ2JVgHwWuQbWuUrQgTaoot6WmET+sP8mVVsLQo4daFmGTU=
=DDMW
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----


------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Live Security Virtual Conference
Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and 
threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions 
will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware 
threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/
_______________________________________________
Snort-users mailing list
Snort-users () lists sourceforge net
Go to this URL to change user options or unsubscribe:
https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/snort-users
Snort-users list archive:
http://www.geocrawler.com/redir-sf.php3?list=snort-users

Please visit http://blog.snort.org to stay current on all the latest Snort news!