Re: Network Variables

[beenph <beenph () gmail com>]

This might help you Seth

http://biot.com/capstats/bpf.html



On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 1:23 PM, Seth Dunn <seth () d2ms com> wrote:
> So now my question comes, since you were wondering about the rule I was
> using.
> This is my rule::
> not net 10.10.0.0/24 and dst host 10.75.45.1 && dst port 80 or not net
> 10.30.0.0/24 and dst host 10.75.45.1 && dst port 80
>
> By my understanding, and my desire to see happen is this.
> Traffic from the network 10.10.0.0/24 going to http at 10.75.45.1 should
> be ignored.
> Also, traffic from the network 10.30.0.0/24 going to http at 10.75.45.1
> should be ignored.
> All other traffic is still monitored.
>
> Is this correct, base on the rule above, or should it be worded another
> way?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Castle, Shane [mailto:scastle () bouldercounty org]
> Sent: Thursday, May 02, 2013 11:34 AM
> To: Seth Dunn; 'James Lay'; 'Snort'
> Subject: RE: [Snort-users] Network Variables
>
> Speaking of Windows - it's possible that the Windows version of Snort
> does not correctly read a Windows text file, which is what the BPF file
> is, and that it expects lines to end with only LF (\n) rather than CR-LF
> (\n\r) - the latter is the Windows style. (This seems farfetched now
> that I'm rereading this before sending it, since the snort.conf will
> have to be processed correctly, but hey, maybe they didn't update the
> BPF reading section.)
>
> The old Wordpad used to let you save files in Unix line-end style rather
> than Windows, but I don't see that capability any more. You can get
> dos2unix from SourceForge that will take care of the conversion, if
> that's required.
>
> None of the Snort docs admit to allowing comment lines in the BPF
> expression file - I suspect it is parsed the same way that it would be
> if it were on the command line, in which a comment would not make sense.
> Yes, for a filter expression file, allowing comments does make sense -
> maybe we could get the Snort developers to permit that?
>
> It'd be nice for a Snort developer or innards whiz to comment on this
> thread. He might shrug and say "run it in Linux, don't use Windows" but
> still - it's no fun programming in the dark.
>
> --
> Shane Castle
> Data Security Mgr, Boulder County IT
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Seth Dunn [mailto:seth () d2ms com]
> Sent: Thursday, May 02, 2013 09:08
> To: James Lay; Snort
> Subject: Re: [Snort-users] Network Variables
>
> Yeah, it is a windows thing.....gotta love it. :D
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: James Lay [mailto:jlay () slave-tothe-box net]
> Sent: Thursday, May 02, 2013 11:03 AM
> To: Snort
> Subject: Re: [Snort-users] Network Variables
>
> Yea that was a single quote ;)  Guessing it's a windows-ism, but glad
> it's working now :)
>
> James
>
> On 2013-05-02 09:01, Seth Dunn wrote:
> > If I do quotes " vs. apostrophe '
> > That seems to work on the command line
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Castle, Shane [mailto:scastle () bouldercounty org]
> > Sent: Thursday, May 02, 2013 10:51 AM
> > To: Seth Dunn; 'James Lay'; 'Snort'
> > Subject: RE: [Snort-users] Network Variables
> >
> > I dunno - I can parse that BPF expression several different ways, and
> > the parsing results in different capture characteristics.
> >
> > Does the first "not" apply to just "net 10.10.0.0/24" or to the expr
> > "net 10.10.0.0/24 and dst host 10.75.45.1 && dst port 80"? (For
> > instance.) This depends on the precedence and order of how Snort
> > parses the string. I can find no doc on this in the Snort manpage, the
>
> > tcpdump manpage, or the Snort manual. I suggest using parentheses for
> > grouping so that your intent is clear.
> >
> > --
> > Shane Castle
> > Data Security Mgr, Boulder County IT
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Seth Dunn [mailto:seth () d2ms com]
> > Sent: Thursday, May 02, 2013 08:09
> > To: James Lay; Snort
> > Subject: Re: [Snort-users] Network Variables
> >
> > Also of note.
> > It seems that if snort starts with a bpf file configured....then for
> > whatever reason, all traffic is no longer monitored, even though
> > snort
> > has started.
> > So while this rule::
> > not net 10.10.0.0/24 and dst host 10.75.45.1 && dst port 80 or not
> > net
> > 10.30.0.0/24 and dst host 10.75.45.1 && dst port 80
> >
> > is pretty specific.....
> > I have another rule set in my local.rules file that should alert on
> > any
> > FTP attempt to IP 10.76.65.1....and if the bpf file is configured for
> > snort, then the attempt is not alerted by snort.
> > If I remove the bpf file from being used, then any FTP attempt is
> > again
> > alerted.
> >
> >
> >
> > From: James Lay [mailto:jlay () slave-tothe-box net]
> > Sent: Thursday, May 02, 2013 8:10 AM
> > To: Snort
> > Subject: Re: [Snort-users] Network Variables
> >
> >
> >
> > Quotation marks may be needed...try appending via command line as
> > well.
> >
> >
> >
> > James
> >
> >
> >
> > On May 2, 2013, at 5:50 AM, Seth Dunn <seth () d2ms com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > What is DAQ?  I have seen that, but have no idea what that is.
> >
> > As far as my bpf file goes, if it is like this::
> >
> >
> >
> > #not net 10.10.0.0/24 and not net 10.30.0.0/24
> >
> > not net 10.10.0.0/24 and dst host 10.75.45.1 && dst port 80 or not
> > net
> > 10.30.0.0/24 and dst host 10.75.45.1 && dst port 80
> >
> >
> > It will fail with::
> >
> > Reading filter from bpf file: D:\Snort\etc\ignore2.bpf
> >
> > ERROR: short read D:\Snort\etc\ignore2.bpf (169 != 170)
> >
> > Fatal Error, Quitting..
> >
> >
> >
> > If I remove the commented line, then snort starts fine.
> > If I try to have multiple lines in the file, (all being rules, no
> > comments) the it will fail with a similar error as above.
> > I have never seen a DAQ error.
> >
> >
> >
> > From: Russ Combs [mailto:rcombs () sourcefire com]
> > Sent: Thursday, May 02, 2013 12:08 AM
> > To: waldo kitty
> > Cc: snort-users () lists sourceforge net
> > Subject: Re: [Snort-users] Network Variables
> >
> >
> >
> > Snort does allow comments in the BPF file, starting with # to end of
> > line.  If there is a syntax error, you should see something like:
> >
> >
> >
> > ERROR: Can't set DAQ BPF filter to '
> >
> > ...
> >
> > ' (pcap_daq_set_filter: pcap_compile: syntax error)!
> >
> > Fatal Error, Quitting..
> >
> >
> >
> > What DAQ are you using?  Please send the BPF file that fails and the
> > error that you get.
> >
> >
> >
> > On Wed, May 1, 2013 at 10:07 PM, waldo kitty
> > <wkitty42 () windstream net>
> > wrote:
> >
> > On 5/1/2013 13:09, Seth Dunn wrote:
> > > But any ideas why snort fails to start if I add in a '#' to comment
> > > a
> > > line??
> >
> > i have no clue but it sounds like a coding error not allowing comment
> > lines i the BPF file... only joel or one of the snort dev guys can
> > tell
> > us that... or possibly a code diver who can root around in the snort
> > code ;)
> >
> >
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