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Re: using snort without an IP Addy
From: Andy Bach <root () wiwb uscourts gov>
Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2001 09:14:09 -0500
From: "Frontgate Lab" <mdiwan () wagweb com>
i got it working mostly | now i just get occasional=20 Use of uninitialized value in gethostbyaddr at /usr/bin/snort2html line 90 i am using snort2html to give me my snortalerts in a daily html file ( i belive snort2html only does this on UDP packets) .. oh well one step at a timeThe error : "Use of uninitialized value in gethostbyaddr at /usr/bin/snort2html line" is generated by the PERL interpreter when the "-w" switch is used. It doesn't necessarily mean something is broke, it means a variable that was never explicity assigned a value is being used as an R-value.
I believe that error could be fixed by changing line 90 in snort2html from: $targethost=gethostbyaddr(inet_aton($targetip), AF_INET); to: $targethost=gethostbyaddr(inet_aton($targetip), AF_INET) if $targetip and $targetip =~ /[\d.]+/; that is: test targetip for a value and that it is a vaguely IPish format. a Andy Bach, Sys. Mangler Internet: andy () wiwb uscourts gov VOICE: (608) 264-5178 ex 5738, FAX 264-510 'SYN! .. SYN|ACK! .. ACK!' - the mating call of the internet -Bert Hubert _______________________________________________ Snort-users mailing list Snort-users () lists sourceforge net Go to this URL to change user options or unsubscribe: http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/snort-users Snort-users list archive: http://www.geocrawler.com/redir-sf.php3?list=snort-users
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