Re: Snort running at 99% CPU

[Ashley Thomas <athomas () unity ncsu edu>]

Do you know how much Traffic volume is there on the wire ?

-ashley


Blake Frantz wrote:
> Snort is consuming 99% CPU on a:
>
> model name      : Pentium III (Coppermine)
> stepping        : 10
> cpu MHz         : 931.013
> cache size      : 256 KB
>
> MemTotal:      1157752 kB
> MemFree:       1039896 kB
>
> Version 1.8.1-RELEASE (Build 74)
> compiled with mysql support.
>
> Sniffing a 100mbit wire, no packets dropping.
>
> I was running snort in the same place with a celeron and the CPU never
> reached 99% (that was snort 1.8.0 (?) I think).  Same compile options.
>
> Any ideas ?
>
> -Blake
>
> _______________________________________________
> Snort-users mailing list
> Snort-users () lists sourceforge net
> Go to this URL to change user options or unsubscribe:
> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/snort-users
> Snort-users list archive:
> http://www.geocrawler.com/redir-sf.php3?list=snort-users

_______________________________________________
Snort-users mailing list
Snort-users () lists sourceforge net
Go to this URL to change user options or unsubscribe:
https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/snort-users
Snort-users list archive:
http://www.geocrawler.com/redir-sf.php3?list=snort-users