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[Dan O'Brien via Snort-users <snort-users () lists snort org>]

And I have multiple snort.u2.xxxxxxxx files in /var/log/snort.  My computer slowed to a crawl from processing the 
any-to-any rules.  Once I commented it out it is back to running normally.  Base just must not be making the connection?

Thanks,
Dan
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> On Feb 5, 2018, at 11:57 AM, wkitty42 () windstream net wrote:
>
> > On 02/05/2018 11:38 AM, Paul O'Brien wrote:
> > I typically get 50-100 alerts a day until 2 days ago. 2 days ago I changed
> > the vlan configuration on my router. It was configured improperly. I have
> > checked to make sure everything is loaded and running. Guess I need to look
> > into how to make an any to any alert. I remotely remember testing something
> > similar during setup.
>
> any-to-any rules are easy... i use the following local-test.rules for initial testing to make sure snort is seeing 
> traffic...
>
>
> ----->8 snip 8<-----
> #
> # The rules in this file are only to test a snort installation to see if it is seeing any traffic at all.
> # These rules should not be used all the time. Once tested and working, this rule file should be commented
> # out in your snort.conf so that it is not used.
> #
> #------------------
> # LOCAL TEST RULES
> #------------------
> alert tcp $EXTERNAL_NET any -> $HOME_NET any (msg:"tcp traffic inbound"; classtype:tcp-connection; sid:1; rev:1;)
> alert tcp $HOME_NET any -> $EXTERNAL_NET any (msg:"tcp traffic outbound"; classtype:tcp-connection; sid:2; rev:1;)
> alert ip $EXTERNAL_NET any -> $HOME_NET any (msg:"ip traffic inbound"; classtype:unknown; sid:3; rev:1;)
> alert ip $HOME_NET any -> $EXTERNAL_NET any (msg:"ip traffic outbound"; classtype:unknown; sid:4; rev:1;)
> alert udp $EXTERNAL_NET any -> $HOME_NET any (msg:"udp traffic inbound"; classtype:misc-activity; sid:5; rev:1;)
> alert udp $HOME_NET any -> $EXTERNAL_NET any (msg:"udp traffic outbound"; classtype:misc-activity; sid:6; rev:1;)
> alert icmp $EXTERNAL_NET any -> $HOME_NET any (msg:"icmp traffic inbound"; classtype:icmp-event; sid:7; rev:1;)
> alert icmp $HOME_NET any -> $EXTERNAL_NET any (msg:"icmp traffic outbound"; classtype:icmp-event; sid:8; rev:1;)
> ----->8 snip 8<-----
>
>
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