Re: How to turn off a rule

[Jeremy Hoel <jthoel () gmail com>]

> From what I've seen that alert specific tends to be from the ssh
preprocessor and not a rule itself, which is why I linked to some
articles about that, vs the rule.

But yes.. lots of ways to do things, but not nearly enough information.

On Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 9:09 PM, Michael Steele <michaels () winsnort com> wrote:
> If he is using PP, then there is a specific process to use. Not sure at this
> point how he is preforming rule management.
>
> Michael...
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeremy Hoel [mailto:jthoel () gmail com]
> Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2012 3:40 PM
> To: AllowOverride
> Cc: snort-users
> Subject: Re: [Snort-users] How to turn off a rule
>
> You comment our a rule that you don't want, then restart snort for that
> change to take effect.
>
> In the case of SSH protocal mismatches, it's probably not a rule, but the
> preprocessor.. in which case;
>
> http://lmgtfy.com/?q=snort+ssh+Protocol+mismatch
>
> There's been a lot of talk about various way to disable to alert to match
> your needs.
>
>
>
> On Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 7:31 PM, AllowOverride <allowoverride () gmail com>
> wrote:
> > ok, my understanding is to turn off a rule in snort.rules by simply
> > putting a # or commenting it out, in front of the rule.
> >
> > my question is:
> >
> >             #22-(2-5946)
> > [snort] ssh: Protocol mismatch
> >
> > turn off this rule.
> >
> > what do i look for, there are a shyt load of ssh rules.
> > maybe look for leading line stating 22?
> >
> > or grep 5946, in snort.rules, right?
> >
> > thanks!
> >
> > ps this is a false positive, as i am 192.168.1.35 connecting to
> > 192.168.1.14.. its me.
> >
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