RE: snort on an old FreeBSD box (builds but won't r un)

[Chris Arnold <chris.arnold () WheelHouse com>]

bash-2.05$ ifconfig -a
fxp0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
        inet 10.1.14.245 netmask 0xfffffe00 broadcast 10.1.15.255
        ether 00:90:27:45:cf:f7 
        media: autoselect
lp0: flags=8810<POINTOPOINT,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
tun0: flags=8010<POINTOPOINT,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
sl0: flags=c010<POINTOPOINT,LINK2,MULTICAST> mtu 552
ppp0: flags=8010<POINTOPOINT,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
lo0: flags=8049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 16384
        inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000 

As you can see there is currently an IP address bound to the interface.  I'm
using this for basic connectivity while I set this thing up.  When/if I get
it working the interface will be plumbed up with no address.

Chris

-----Original Message-----
From: Martin Roesch [mailto:roesch () sourcefire com]
Sent: Monday, March 18, 2002 17.39
To: Chris Arnold; snort-users () lists sourceforge net
Subject: Re: [Snort-users] snort on an old FreeBSD box (builds but won't
r un)


What's your 'ifconfig -a' look like?


On 3/18/02 4:11 PM, "Chris Arnold" <chris.arnold () WheelHouse com> wrote:

> Nope.  I just built snort 1.8.4 (debugging enabled this time) with libpcap
> 0.7.1 and libnet 1.0.2a.    Everything builds nicely.  It will execute
> without a segfault but just doesn't work.  At least it's running nicely on
> Solaris for me :)
>
> Chris
>
> # snort -v 
> snort.c:681: Parsing command line...
> snort.c:701: Processing cmd line switch: v
> snort.c:1165: Verbose Flag active
> Failed to lookup for interface: SIOCGIFCONF: Operation not supported.
Please
> specify one with -i switch
> Fatal Error, Quitting..
> # snort -v -i fxp0
> snort.c:681: Parsing command line...
> snort.c:701: Processing cmd line switch: v
> snort.c:1165: Verbose Flag active
> snort.c:701: Processing cmd line switch: i
> snort.c:895: Interface = fxp0
> snort.c:1251: pcap_cmd is NULL
> Log directory = /var/log/snort
> snort.c:172: Opening interface: fxp0
>
> Initializing Network Interface fxp0
> snaplength info: set=1514/compiled=1514/wanted=0
> ioctl(SIOC*MTU): Operation not supported
> Automagic MTU discovery failed. Using default 1500ERROR: OpenPcap() device
> fxp0 open: 
>       BIOCSETIF: fxp0: Invalid argument
> Fatal Error, Quitting..
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Martin Roesch [mailto:roesch () sourcefire com]
> Sent: Monday, March 18, 2002 10:31 AM
> To: Chris Arnold; snort-users () lists sourceforge net
> Subject: Re: [Snort-users] snort on an old FreeBSD box (builds but won't
> run)
>
>
> That's really weird, try it without the -I option.  From the error message
> it looks like it's trying to go into readback mode (like you had used the
-r
> switch).  Try just snort -v and see what happens.
>
>    -Marty
>
>
> On 3/18/02 1:00 AM, "Chris Arnold" <chris.arnold () WheelHouse com> wrote:
>
> > Hi, all.  I had a whim to build snort 1.8.3 (with libpcap 0.7.1) for an
> old
> > FreeBSD box.  Everything compiles nicely but running is a different
story:
> > # snort -v -i fxp0
> > Log directory = /var/log/snort
> >
> > Initializing Network Interface fxp0
> > ioctl(SIOC*MTU): Operation not supported
> > Automagic MTU discovery failed. Using default 1500ERROR: OpenPcap()
device
> > fxp0 open: 
> >       fxp0: Invalid argument
> > Fatal Error, Quitting..
> >
> > Rebuild with debugging enabled and report back?  The default tcpdump for
> the
> > box runs without a problem.
> >
> > Chris
> >
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