Re: Questions about sids.

[Joel Esler <jesler () sourcefire com>]

On Apr 8, 2013, at 9:37 AM, Joao Daniel Neves <joaodanielnevesss () hotmail com> wrote:

> I'm a bit lost. I always have a lot of alerts of sid 1-373 ( http://www.snort.org/search/sid/1-373 ) it is 
> PROTOCOL-ICMP PING Flowpoint2200 or Network Management Software.
>
> I think that is not a reason to bother since it is just a ping. I know that ping can be used to scan a network. But 
> it does not seems to be the behavior of the alert. Since just one source sent 110 packages to only three IPs. And 
> then never triged other alert.
>
> Shoud I be worried about it ? 

If it's normal for you to have those events, then no, you shouldn't be worried.

Turn the rule off.

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Joel Esler
Senior Research Engineer, VRT
OpenSource Community Manager
Sourcefire

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