RE: problem about alert

["Chris Eidem" <jceidem () dexma com>]

Looks like you're plugged into a switch without monitoring set on.  You
need to set your switch to send a copy of the traffic to the port your
snort box is on.  

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Qinglan Li [mailto:li1q () cmich edu]
> Sent: Friday, November 16, 2001 10:48 AM
> To: snort-users () lists sourceforge net
> Subject: [Snort-users] problem about alert
>
>
> Hi all,
>
>
> I'm new to snort; now I met a really simple proble. I tried to test
> snort by using different attacks; Actually I use Nessus to 
> simulate the
> attacks. Whenever I run snort, the alert is always like this:
> [**] [1:499:1] MISC Large ICMP Packet [**]
> [Classification: Potentially Bad Traffic] [Priority: 2]
> ......
> [Xref => http://www.whitehats.com/info/IDS246]
>
> Could you please give me any suggestion to figure out this problem?
>
> Thanx a lot,
>
> Laura
>
>
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