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Re: Default rule set


From: waldo kitty <wkitty42 () windstream net>
Date: Sat, 17 May 2014 10:47:11 -0400

On 5/17/2014 6:43 AM, Y M wrote:
 > ummm... does this "security", "balanced", "connectivity" stuff pertain to the ET
 > (EmergingThreats) rules sets?? ;)

I don't think ET ruleset has these policies.

exactly, thanks for confirming this, YM... it is especially important since the 
OP's original question mentioned ET rules...

In the VRT ruleset, these are represented through the "metadata" tag with
options of "policy connectivity-ips", "policy balanced-ips", "policy
security-ips", and the most recent one "ruleset community". PulledPork use
these along with the "-I <policy>" to determine what rules to enable.

yes, this confirms the method with which the policy is determined... it is also 
helpful for those who don't know or understand it...

During early tests, running PulledPork against both VRT and ET with a policy
specified, did not enable any ET rule. Two options to overcome this:
1. Add ET sids/categories into enablesid.conf, and PulledPork will enable them
regardless of policy specified, or (better)
2. Since PulledPork now processes modifysid.conf first (before enablesid.conf),
add pcre to modify ET rules to include the desired policy and PulledPork should
pick it up from there. I will need to re-test this one though.

ahh, very nice... i'm glad to see the PP has come such a long way in the short 
time it has been available... excellent work by the maintainer! ;)

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