Re: Event Suppression between specific Source and Destination

[Jeremy Hoel <jthoel () gmail com>]

You could also suppress an alert between two hosts by creating a pass
rule.

Also, most rules (that I can think of based on our alerts) are
unidirectional. So if I know some severs always get rap traffic I suppress
those alerts with the src or dst depending on the rule.
On Dec 14, 2012 7:41 PM, "waldo kitty" <wkitty42 () windstream net> wrote:

> On 12/14/2012 10:44, Guido Hungerbuehler wrote:
> > I only agree on parts. Because if you would like to create a pass rule
> > for one specific rule and the two affected hosts, this would mean that I
> > basically have to copy the rule that triggers the event and replace
> > 'alert' with 'pass' and adjust the source and destination.
> >
> > But if the signature gets a new revision, the pass-rule does not get
> > updated. And I would have to check for changes in the rules manually.
>
> welcome to IDS Management 101 ;)
>
> but seriously, i see what you are saying but there is no other method
> available
> at this time for the way you choose to operate :?
>
>
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