Re: rules file doesn't work properly, no DoS or portscan detected...

["Michael Steele" <michaels () winsnort com>]

No need to specify an interface, but Snort will always use the first interface. Use the -W switch to see the list, and 
order of interfaces.

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Michael...

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-----Original Message-----
From: Joel Esler [mailto:jesler () sourcefire com] 
Sent: Saturday, May 25, 2013 8:16 PM
To: waldo kitty
Cc: snort-users () lists sourceforge net
Subject: Re: [Snort-users] rules file doesn't work properly, no DoS or portscan detected...

You'll want to specify an interface, especially in Windows. 

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On May 25, 2013, at 5:01 PM, waldo kitty <wkitty42 () windstream net> wrote:

> On 5/25/2013 16:30, Gijs van der Velden wrote:
> > There is only one interface on the system so I left it as not set, 
> > but when I set it the same thing happens.
>
> i've always been under the impression that one should always supply 
> "-i interface"...
>
> > I don't get it since snort is actually capturing packets as well, but 
> > maybe its only capturing outgoing packets?
>
> weird... what interface does it say it is using? you should be able to 
> find that in the log...
>
> > > Date: Sat, 25 May 2013 10:00:58 -0400
> > > From: wkitty42 () windstream net
> > > To: snort-users () lists sourceforge net
> > > Subject: Re: [Snort-users] rules file doesn't work properly, no DoS 
> > > or
> > portscan detected...
> > > On 5/25/2013 08:42, Gijs van der Velden wrote:
> > > > I just started snort with:
> > > >
> > > > snort -c D:\Snort\etc\snort.conf -l D:\Snort\log -T –daq pcap
> > > >
> > > > And it came up with the error active response: can't open ip!
> > > > Maybe this is the cause of the problem?
> > >
> > > what interface are you trying to have snort watch?
>
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