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Re: snort local.rules help


From: "Brent" <misterb () cybertours com>
Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2001 14:17:34 -0400

OK i got it running by editing the local.rules file to reflect my
network....anywho ...is ACID the GUI for snort ??
or does snort just report to syslog ???  or logcheck ?? or what ??

Brent
----- Original Message -----
From: "Brent" <misterb () cybertours com>
To: "John Sage" <jsage () finchhaven com>
Cc: "'snort-users'" <snort-users () lists sourceforge net>
Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2001 12:27 PM
Subject: Re: [Snort-users] snort local.rules help


ok ...but doesnt this defeat the purpose of haveing a local.rules
file....i
know that its a set of rules for the local network...but how should
configure it ??  is there a referrence to go by ??  besides the
local.rules.sample that comes with the port
thank you for your replies
Brent
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Sage" <jsage () finchhaven com>
To: "Brent" <misterb () cybertours com>
Cc: "'snort-users'" <snort-users () lists sourceforge net>
Sent: Monday, October 01, 2001 11:16 AM
Subject: Re: [Snort-users] snort local.rules help


Brent:

Try commenting the offending line in snort.conf out, thusly:

# include local.rules


- John

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Brent wrote:

Im trying to run snort on my FBSD 4.3 box ...when i start it doing:

/usr/local/bin/snort -d -h 192.168.0.0/24 -l /var/log/snort.log -c
/usr/local/etc/snort.conf &

  from /etc/rc.conf

i get it cant initialize because it cant find local.rules.... however
the local.rules is in the the default directory for snort

but its empty

there is A  local.rules.sample    but im not sure how to apply it to
my
situation..

any help is greatly appreciated

Brent




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