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Snort Version 2.9.4-WIN32 GRE (Build 40) on Windows 7 fails with the Error: Failed to parse the IP address:
From: "HORNER, LARRY J" <lh248x () att com>
Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2013 22:21:56 +0000
Snort Version 2.9.4-WIN32 GRE (Build 40) on Windows 7 fails with the Error: Failed to parse the IP address: ERROR: ..\etc\snort.conf(0) Failed to parse the IP address: 132.64.0.0/204.78.32 Sample of the command line running from an Administrator cmd shell. C:\Snort\bin>snort -d -l C:\Snort\log -c C:\Snort\etc\snort.conf -i 1 -T Running in Test mode --== Initializing Snort ==-- Initializing Output Plugins! Initializing Preprocessors! Initializing Plug-ins! Parsing Rules file "C:\Snort\etc\snort.conf" ERROR: C:\Snort\etc\snort.conf(0) Failed to parse the IP address: 4.161.0.0/76.1 73.36.0. Fatal Error, Quitting.. The interfaces available are: C:\Snort\bin>snort -W ,,_ -*> Snort! <*- o" )~ Version 2.9.4-WIN32 GRE (Build 40) '''' By Martin Roesch & The Snort Team: http://www.snort.org/snort/snort-t eam Copyright (C) 1998-2012 Sourcefire, Inc., et al. Using PCRE version: 8.10 2010-06-25 Using ZLIB version: 1.2.3 Index Physical Address IP Address Device Name Description ----- ---------------- ---------- ----------- ----------- 1 A0:B3:CC:C6:91:DB 0000:0000:fe80:0000:0000:0000:a2b3:ccff \Device\ NPF_{0AD1CAB2-C383-4E01-BEE7-FB58FF53D81C} Intel(R) 82579LM Gigabit Network Connection 2 00:05:9A:3C:78:00 0000:0000:fe80:0000:0000:0000:0205:9aff \Device\ NPF_{5C39B775-CBA4-4881-95C6-4BF605635568} Cisco Systems VPN Adapter 3 00:00:00:00:00:00 0000:0000:fe80:0000:0000:0000:02ff:70ff \Device\ NPF_{702D99BE-33C6-4C11-AB1D-04EE97199B01} VPN-Win32 Adapter V8 4 00:00:00:00:00:00 0000:0000:fe80:0000:0000:0000:2677:03ff \Device\ NPF_{ABA78611-3142-4AB6-9AFF-B2401532E988} Microsoft 5 00:00:00:00:00:00 0000:0000:fe80:0000:0000:0000:2677:03ff \Device\ NPF_{27859974-EC73-4007-B563-09F45BFA4E4F} Microsoft The contents of the C:\Snort\etc directory - with the Windows paths updated in the snort.conf file: C:\Snort\bin>dir C:\Snort\etc Volume in drive C is SYSTEM Volume Serial Number is 3E1A-41A3 Directory of C:\Snort\etc 02/26/2013 04:38 PM <DIR> . 02/26/2013 04:38 PM <DIR> .. 06/07/2011 06:33 PM 3,757 classification.config 09/20/2012 06:09 PM 30,490 gen-msg.map 01/06/2012 09:27 AM 687 reference.config 01/24/2013 11:35 AM 1,908,680 sid-msg.map 02/27/2013 03:07 PM 24,836 snort.conf 07/06/2009 06:39 PM 2,335 threshold.conf 07/13/2011 04:43 PM 160,606 unicode.map 7 File(s) 2,131,391 bytes 2 Dir(s) 43,121,950,720 bytes free Testing with a -c option to a non-existing file: - interesting - C:\Snort\bin>snort -d -l C:\Snort\log -c ..\etc\foo.conf -i 1 -T Running in Test mode --== Initializing Snort ==-- Initializing Output Plugins! Initializing Preprocessors! Initializing Plug-ins! Parsing Rules file "..\etc\foo.conf" ERROR: ..\etc\foo.conf(0) Failed to parse the IP address: 4.176.2.0/44.188.42.0. Fatal Error, Quitting.. Testing with an indirect reference in place of a direct reference to the snort.conf file: C:\Snort\bin>snort -d -l C:\Snort\log -c ..\etc\snort.conf -i 1 -T Running in Test mode --== Initializing Snort ==-- Initializing Output Plugins! Initializing Preprocessors! Initializing Plug-ins! Parsing Rules file "..\etc\snort.conf" ERROR: ..\etc\snort.conf(0) Failed to parse the IP address: 132.64.0.0/204.78.32 .0. Fatal Error, Quitting.. Assistance would be appreciated. Thanks in advance, Larry ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics Download AppDynamics Lite for free today: http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_feb _______________________________________________ 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://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_name=snort-users Please visit http://blog.snort.org to stay current on all the latest Snort news!
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