Re: Snort3 generating multiple alert files

[Russ <rucombs () cisco com>]

`snort --help-config alert_full` will show:

    bool alert_full.file = false: output to alert_full.txt instead of 
stdout
    int alert_full.limit = 0: set limit (0 is unlimited) { 0: }
    enum alert_full.units = B: limit is in bytes | KB | MB | GB { B | K 
| M | G }

So the default limit is zero, meaning unlimited, meaning you have hit 
upon a bug.  We will get that fixed.  In the meantime, you can set an 
explicit limit with:

    alert_full = { file = true, limit = 12345678 }

Note that since you already have alert_full in your conf, you can add 
this to your command line:

    --lua "alert_full.limit = 12345678"

Also, just to clarify earlier email, you can add log_pcap to your conf 
to get pcaps along with fast alerts, but you will have to line up time 
stamps to associate them.

Thanks

Russ


On 5/16/16 10:09 AM, João Soares wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> Thank you for your reply and suggestions! As for the -z option, I'm 
> currently doing load balancing externally as you said, I look forward 
> for that internal load balancing :)
>
> At the moment we're using a network tap to mirror lots of traffic, 
> including wireless frames, that is why I was using the -w option. 
> Thank you for your clarification.
>
> -A full goes to console by default you're right, but I have a custom 
> .lua file with
>
> alert_full = {file = true}
>
>
> Which makes it go to a alert_full.txt file. My main issue is that, it 
> is constantly creating new files, when alert_full.txt reaches ~4Kb. 
> For example, it makes a new alert_full.txt.1483937582 and so on. This 
> one I would really like to fix.
>
> Best regards and thank you for your time
>
> On 05/16/2016 01:43 PM, Russ wrote:
> > On 5/15/16 10:51 PM, João Soares wrote:
> > > Greetings,
> > >
> > > I'm trying to learn and adapt to snort3 and it's not being easy.
> > >
> > > I'm running snort3 with this command:
> > >
> > > snort -l /root/snort-logs -A full -i eth0 -c etc/snort/snort.lua -D 
> > > -z 0 -d -e -w -X -y
> > Some comments on your options:
> >
> > -z 0 will only help when you have multiple input sources or many 
> > pcaps since, at present, load balancing must be done externally.  
> > Internal load balancing is coming up.
> >
> > -w applies to wireless and likely doesn't actually go with your eth0 
> > interface (usually wired).  However, since you had that combination, 
> > I double checked and it appears that -w is no longer attached to any 
> > functionality and will likely be deleted.
> > > I have a two questions and I would really appreciate it if you guys 
> > > could help me out:
> > >
> > > *1 *- Why is snort3 making a new alert file each time the original 
> > > file reaches approximately 4kb? How can I change that?
> > Which options are giving you 4K logs?  -A full goes to console by 
> > default.
> > > *2* - How can I make snort3 log both alerts and pcaps of intrusions, 
> > > I can't get it to work, I have tried combining both -A and -L 
> > > options but I can only get one of them to be logged.
> > -A and -L are for two different run modes.  Use -A with -c to log 
> > intrusion events.  Use -L to just log all packets, that is, for 
> > sniffer mode.  When used together on the command line, the last one wins.
> >
> > Since you want to log intrusion events, you need a logger that 
> > captures packets along with the events.  I'm guessing that you want a 
> > separate pcap but there is no way to do that at present. You can use 
> > -A u2 (short for -A unified2) and that will log the event followed by 
> > the triggering packet in the same file.  You can then use included 
> > u2boat utility to dump a pcap from the u2 log.
> > > I'm sorry if these are really obvious questions, but I've read the 
> > > manual and I can't seem to find the answers.
> > Did you look at the usage section?  There are several examples 
> > there.  If anything there is unclear, let us know.  We will be adding 
> > more than just reference material soon.
> > > Best regards and thank you for your time!
> > >
> > > --
> > > João Soares
> > >
> > > SIC - Serviço de Informática e Comunicações
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> > > Department of Informatics Engineering
> > > Faculty of Science and Technology
> > > University of Coimbra
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